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Self-culture

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  • A butcher's boy, reading to improve his mind, is so absorbed in his book that his delivery of meat is stolen by a passer-by. Coloured etching by T.L. Busby, 1826.
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Catalogue

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    On self-culture, intellectual, physical, and moral : a vade mecum for young men and students / by John Stuart Black.

    Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895. | Date: 1895
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    Depression challenges : practical plans and ideas for body, mind and spirit, aimed at preventing, defeating, benefiting from depression / by E.A. Jensen.

    Jensen, Eric Alexander. | Date: 1976
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    Blaikīke phizikala-vyāyām svasthya, kalcara (rakshā) ka hindī anuvāda / [by] Jāna Stuarta Blaikī, [trans.] Bhagavān Carana Tripāthi.

    Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895. | Date: 1964 [1907]
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    The education of the will : the theory and practice of self-culture / by Jules Payot ; authorized translation by Smith Ely Jelliffe, from the 30th French ed.

    Payot, Jules, 1859-1940. | Date: [1909], ©1909
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    The improvement of the mind : containing a variety of remarks and rules for the attainment and communication of useful knowledge in religion, in the sciences, and in common life / by I. Watts.

    | Date: MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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