This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...To the influence of prestige is due in large measure the imitation of each European country, fc v its colonies. For this reason, "trade follows the flag," and Aiuerican customs are rapidly supplanting Spanish customs in Porto Rico and the Philippines. Quite different from imitation that is subconscious and involuntary, ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 Excerpt: ...To the influence of prestige is due in large measure the imitation of each European country, fc v its colonies. For this reason, "trade follows the flag," and Aiuerican customs are rapidly supplanting Spanish customs in Porto Rico and the Philippines. Quite different from imitation that is subconscious and involuntary, and imitation that is conscious and voluntary but unreflective, is reflective imitation. To copy a model because of features that have been found as a result of critical examination to be suited to one's needs is wholly different. Of late years Japanese imitation of occidental civilization has largely been of this critical type; the relative merits of the leading western nations in different departments of civilization have been carefully weighed, and the Japanese have selected and adapted to their wants what, in their judgment, they can best utilize. All three forms of imitation, of course, have their value. Attention can and should only be given to the more important details of conduct, and if the right models are reflectively chosen for imitation, details and routine can well be absorbed inattentively, and even subconsciously. Select Tours as a place to learn French, and Hanover to learn German, and choose well educated natives as your associates after you arrive, and you will profitably assimilate even more from them by these methods than by critical imitation. Both, however, are needful. Young men probably learned most about railroading in the employ of James J. Hill, about the steel industry under Andrew Carnegie, and journalism under Charles A. Dana, by the unreflective forms of imitation. Yet, in these instances, as in all others, only those who did their very best consciously and reflectively, profiting by rational imitatio...
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GOOD+ Tight, faintest age tanning of pages, clean, slight tilt to spine. Owner's name on top corner of first free page. 2 small spots on front cover. Slight softening and rubbing of spine ends with a tiny (1/4") rip on the bottom edge. Very light check marks in margins and occasional faint underlining. "purpose...is to furnish college undergraduates and general readers with the necessary data-facts and arguments-on which they will be able to work on their own philosophy of religion..." 566 indexed, annotated pages. 2.0.
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