Observations on Life, Literature, and Learning in AmericaSouthern Illinois University Press, 1961 - 253 Seiten |
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... called artis- tic professions : actors , dressmakers , barbers , professors of literature , cooks . The French have proved more stubborn than most other Europeans in withstanding assimilation . Their resistance to the English language ...
... called artis- tic professions : actors , dressmakers , barbers , professors of literature , cooks . The French have proved more stubborn than most other Europeans in withstanding assimilation . Their resistance to the English language ...
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... called it " the irony of American his- tory " : the tragic irony of having to manufacture H bombs in order to avert war , knowing all the while that armament races have regularly ended in war ; of having to prepare for , indeed to ...
... called it " the irony of American his- tory " : the tragic irony of having to manufacture H bombs in order to avert war , knowing all the while that armament races have regularly ended in war ; of having to prepare for , indeed to ...
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... called normal men , who graduated from respectable schools and colleges , seldom read a serious book . They buy their wives subscriptions to the Book of the Month , as a handy femi- nine present requiring from the giver no undue ...
... called normal men , who graduated from respectable schools and colleges , seldom read a serious book . They buy their wives subscriptions to the Book of the Month , as a handy femi- nine present requiring from the giver no undue ...
Inhalt
An Apology for Offering Advice to Americans | 3 |
The Emigré Scholar in America | 20 |
French and American Education | 69 |
Urheberrecht | |
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