Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform: Chiefly from the Edinburgh Review; Cor., Vindicated, Enl., in Notes and Appendices |
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| Title | Discussions on Philosophy and Literature, Education and University Reform: Chiefly from the Edinburgh Review; Cor., Vindicated, Enl., in Notes and Appendices |
| Author | Sir William Hamilton |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | Blackwood, 1866 |
| Original from | the University of Wisconsin - Madison |
| Digitized | 30 Nov 2007 |
| Length | 846 pages |
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