Towards Independence: Essays on ScotlandPolygon, 1991 - 220 páginas |
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... things . In Scotland , we have been slower than elsewhere to emancipate our schools and universities from the ethos of Newbolt . They still devote themselves to English in all senses of the term , with only a marginal concern for our ...
... things . In Scotland , we have been slower than elsewhere to emancipate our schools and universities from the ethos of Newbolt . They still devote themselves to English in all senses of the term , with only a marginal concern for our ...
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... things we have in common are much mor important than the things which distinguish us . Nevertheless , part o the richness and value of European civilisation lies in its diversity . W shall lose an important part of the cultural richness ...
... things we have in common are much mor important than the things which distinguish us . Nevertheless , part o the richness and value of European civilisation lies in its diversity . W shall lose an important part of the cultural richness ...
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... things about the English , although usually not the things on which they generally pride themselves . They have a great literature , for example , but their vaunted form of parliamentary democracy is a sham and an absurdity . The most ...
... things about the English , although usually not the things on which they generally pride themselves . They have a great literature , for example , but their vaunted form of parliamentary democracy is a sham and an absurdity . The most ...
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1 | 19 |
The Discouraged Optimists | 25 |
The Scottish Malaise | 43 |
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Términos y frases comunes
achievement Adam Ferguson Adam Smith Andrew Fletcher arts attitude Blackwood's Boswell British Buchan Church civilisation Cockburn common consequence course cultural Declaration of Arbroath Democratic Intellect Dictionary diversity Edinburgh Edwin Muir effect eighteenth century Empire England English Eric Linklater Europe European everything example fact feeling Fletcher Gaelic Glasgow Government Hamilton Fyfe High School Highland historian Hugh MacDiarmid Hume ideas independence inferiority complex influence institutions intellectual interest James John John Buchan Kirk labour language Latin literary live London lost MacDiarmid Mackintosh Malachi Letters Malachi Malagrowther matter national character never nineteenth century Party perhaps poetry political published qualities reason Referendum remarkable responsibility Roman Saltire Society Scotland Scots Scotsman Scottish education Scottish Enlightenment Scottish literature Scottish National Scottish Parliament Scottish universities self-confidence sense severitas Sir Walter Scott social speech spirit thought tradition Union V. H. Galbraith wealth whole words writing wrote