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...0 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book7 Our Visit to Indus ... ... - “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia — 1 BOOK 7 OUR VISIT TO INDUS by Lemuel Gulli... ...t work by Susie Kleiner © 2008 ISBN 978-0-9823076-6-3 Table of Contents Arriving in Indus ............................................... .................................................................. 62 PARENT EDUCATION .................................................................... ......................................................................... 63 EDUCATION .................................................................... ...e global economy. The money they earned helped to finance their fledgling education and health care, so they now had climbed another rung or two up t... ... and infinite. You may have heard of Shankara, he was the greatest of the philosophers or theologians of Juana. He taught us to use the intellect to...

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... 1 . “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- Book 3 My Visit to Kino A Modern Sino-Provin... ...-Province 2 “. . . AND GULLIVER RETURNS” --In Search of Utopia-- BOOK 3 MY VISIT TO KINO by Lemuel Gulliver XVI a... ... ISBN 978-0-9823076-2-5 3 able of Contents GLOBAL POLICIES ................................................ .......................................................................... 47 EDUCATION ................................................................... ... political force. A strong central government is in place. It requires the education of the citizens as to why improving the society will have more b... ...buktu and to the Muslim scholars to its east. There was a history of great philosophers of Greece—Democritus, Aristotle, Plato, Socrates. There were ... ...ng man who told me that my return had been a complete "gronsk" for his own education. With the world becoming smaller it was to be expected that sla... ...l power of educated, wise and socially conscious citizens. Wise political philosophers expected that the electorate‘s decisions would evolve heaven...

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...Excerpt: Good Comedies are such rare productions, that notwithstanding the wealth of our literature in the Comic element, it would not occupy us long to run over the English list. If they are brought to the test I shall propose, very reputable Comedies will be found unworthy of their station, like the ladi...

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