From Straightforward English
If ‘freedom’ and ‘democracy’ are to be more than catchwords, clear communication must be the rule, and not the exception. Do we want a society in which placid masses take their orders from bosses? The alternative to government by force is government by persuasion. The latter must mean that the governed can talk back to the governors.
Passages and exercises for people working on their command of English, inspired by the works of NL Clay.
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Exercises in oral and written composition based on textbooks used in English schools from the 1920s to the 1960s.
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The text of the Authorised ‘King James’ Version of the Bible, with additional hymns, prayers and translations of the Psalms.
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