Observations on Life, Literature, and Learning in AmericaSouthern Illinois University Press, 1961 - 253 Seiten |
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... thought and with its language , often more Ger- manic than English , much of American writing since 1938 or so . Americans appear to have received patiently super- cilious admonitions about their immature fear of thought , their cult of ...
... thought and with its language , often more Ger- manic than English , much of American writing since 1938 or so . Americans appear to have received patiently super- cilious admonitions about their immature fear of thought , their cult of ...
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... thought with action and action with thought . " The pride of all brain trusts , of theoretical economists and political thinkers , would be humbled if they realized how little of their ambitious systems is actually ever put into use by ...
... thought with action and action with thought . " The pride of all brain trusts , of theoretical economists and political thinkers , would be humbled if they realized how little of their ambitious systems is actually ever put into use by ...
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... thought becomes too little conducive to boldness of thought . Facts are presented liberally to newspaper readers , and means of knowledge are abundantly placed at the disposal of university students . But their passive resistance to ...
... thought becomes too little conducive to boldness of thought . Facts are presented liberally to newspaper readers , and means of knowledge are abundantly placed at the disposal of university students . But their passive resistance to ...
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An Apology for Offering Advice to Americans | 3 |
The Emigré Scholar in America | 20 |
French and American Education | 69 |
Urheberrecht | |
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