The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... advantage of all that old women have over old men ; the advantage , namely , of being able to be happy while the mind remains vacant . By using this expression I am not attri- buting any inferiority to the old lady's intelligence ; far ...
... advantage of all that old women have over old men ; the advantage , namely , of being able to be happy while the mind remains vacant . By using this expression I am not attri- buting any inferiority to the old lady's intelligence ; far ...
Page 66
... advantage over middle age and youth ; indeed over all its rival periods in a person's life except babyhood . But I would go further still . I am prepared to maintain that the sole , single and unique relation between a human being and ...
... advantage over middle age and youth ; indeed over all its rival periods in a person's life except babyhood . But I would go further still . I am prepared to maintain that the sole , single and unique relation between a human being and ...
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... advantage of old age ? To be nearer extinction , nearer what may easily prove everlasting extinction ? What advantage is there in that ? I will answer you in one word and that word is proportion . We get for the first time in life when ...
... advantage of old age ? To be nearer extinction , nearer what may easily prove everlasting extinction ? What advantage is there in that ? I will answer you in one word and that word is proportion . We get for the first time in life when ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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