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What was that process ? This question , which to us appears both interesting and
important , we do not undertake to answer . It covers a field of investigation by far
too extensive for our present limits . But in the belief that much is to be learned ...
What was that process ? This question , which to us appears both interesting and
important , we do not undertake to answer . It covers a field of investigation by far
too extensive for our present limits . But in the belief that much is to be learned ...
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Among all uncivilized nations , physical strength is of much greater importance
than in a more advanced state of society . With them martial prowess is ... Deeds
of arms — of arms wielded by the hands — decide the most important questions .
Among all uncivilized nations , physical strength is of much greater importance
than in a more advanced state of society . With them martial prowess is ... Deeds
of arms — of arms wielded by the hands — decide the most important questions .
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These were designed to act upon the muscular system , and were regarded not
only at Athens , but in all Greece , as of so much importance that they gave name
if not to education itself , at least to the places where it was acquired . At a certain
...
These were designed to act upon the muscular system , and were regarded not
only at Athens , but in all Greece , as of so much importance that they gave name
if not to education itself , at least to the places where it was acquired . At a certain
...
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Of the studies which are in use among the most polished nations of modern times
as means of discipline , mathematics , which is one of the most important , was
cultivated for the same purpose by the Greeks . The excellence of mathematical ...
Of the studies which are in use among the most polished nations of modern times
as means of discipline , mathematics , which is one of the most important , was
cultivated for the same purpose by the Greeks . The excellence of mathematical ...
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One reason why music was so much cultivated was that eloquence is dependent
on language , and language with the Greeks had important relations to music .
And if in oratory music was supposed to be useful , in poetry it was regarded as ...
One reason why music was so much cultivated was that eloquence is dependent
on language , and language with the Greeks had important relations to music .
And if in oratory music was supposed to be useful , in poetry it was regarded as ...
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