Culture, for which nearest German equivalent is Bildung, is the opposite of all this.
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(Vochting, "Ueber die Bildung der Knollen", Cassel, 1887; see also "Bot.
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"Die fruchtbarste und allgemeinste Ursache der Varietaten-Bildung ist jedoch die Wahl der Lebens-Weise" (loc.
1
A woman also needs self-cultivation, both physical and mental, in order to self-respect.
2
The com-parison of T'ai Chi Ch'uan to self-cultivation and good health goes without saying.
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They practiced self-cultivation and seriousness & owned to a bewildering complexity of attitudes & rites.
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He understood that mankind believed in an unbroken work of development within nature, and in their own self-cultivation.
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Do you know, he is very witty and well informed, though he says he never had much time for self-cultivation?
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There were always sitters in his studio: he had as much work as he could do; while yet he found time for self-cultivation.
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However, the structure of the spine is not as important as its function which is the path and means of self-cultivation and preserving life.
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Instead we should look to the exquisite idleness of Oscar Wilde and rediscover the dream of a future of leisure, beauty and self-cultivation for all.
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Fortunate it is, then, that self-cultivation in the use of English must chiefly come through speech; because we are always speaking, whatever else we do.