Word: upon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...originality in the matter presented by the debaters, but if that is a fault it is one inseparable from debate. It can rarely happen that any member of the team will have any thorough knowledge of the subject assigned or can startle the world by any really new thought upon it. Knowledge, both of the acts involved and, of the pros and cons of the argument, must be got up between the time of giving out the subject and the time of the bebate, and it seems to to me immaterial whether such knowledge be obtained at first hand from...
...operative Labur Upon the Land, and Other Papers; the Report of a Conference on Land. Co-operation and Unemployed. Edited by J. A. Hobson...
...subjects in history, philosophy, and literature, for the Bowdoin Prize dissertations, have been decided upon as follows...
...Foster was first called upon to speak for the Prospect Union. He outlined the work of this institution and spoke of the increasing interest in teaching there...
...operative Labour Upon the Land, and Other papers; the Report of a Conference on Land. Co-operation and Unemployed. Edited by J. A. Hobson...