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Surfing around, I came across an online report called Characteristics of the Regular Adult Bicycle User 1975, the 'findings and recommendations' page tells me that:
Cyclists Be Damned! 2008
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The research paper, titled Characteristics of New Firms: A Comparison by Gender, is third in a series of Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) studies.
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The research paper, titled Characteristics of New Firms: A Comparison by Gender, is third in a series of Kauffman Firm Survey (KFS) studies.
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OpEdNews - Quicklink: "Characteristics" by Thomas Carlyle 2008
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Christie (W.D.) on the author of the "Characteristics," 97.
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The Author of the "Characteristics" by W.D. Christie.
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Every one remembers Carlyle's famous "Characteristics" article; allow for exaggerations, and there is a great deal in his doctrine of the self-unconsciousness of genius.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 03, January, 1858 Various
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The Earl of Shaftesbury, one of the most popular, elegant, and ornate of these writers, is generally classed among the deists on account of his "Characteristics".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Shaftesbury's more important contributions to this literature are the "Characteristics" and the "Several Letters", mentioned above.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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[April 1842 introduces a number of quotations from Carlyle's Miscellaneous Writings, "Characteristics," some clear and crisp, others sinking into Carlyle's own vein of speculative mysticism, e.g.] "In the mind as in the body the sign of health is unconsciousness."
The Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley Huxley, Leonard 1900
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