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There are several human activities that have to be learnt to enable us to lead civilised lives. The extent to which we attain these skills depends upon our own natural or innate abilities, the amount of self-interest that we possess, the pressures and expectations of those around us, and the quality of the instructions that we receive.

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© 1993 S. H. Burton & J. A. Humphries

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Burton, S.H., Humphries, J.A. (1993). Reading. In: English GCSE Key Stage 4. Macmillan Work Out Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13836-4_7

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