The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 46
... attitude from first to last is both detached and predatory . It is a very simple attitude ; but , like other simple things it can be shown to be composed of an extraordinary number of separate ingredients . If any reader is inclined to ...
... attitude from first to last is both detached and predatory . It is a very simple attitude ; but , like other simple things it can be shown to be composed of an extraordinary number of separate ingredients . If any reader is inclined to ...
Page 117
... attitude we have , or force ourselves to have , towards life ; the good attitude one of gratitude and mercy , the evil attitude one of self - pity and malicious resentment . A yet further implication in the above distinction is a little ...
... attitude we have , or force ourselves to have , towards life ; the good attitude one of gratitude and mercy , the evil attitude one of self - pity and malicious resentment . A yet further implication in the above distinction is a little ...
Page 152
... attitude to life , flash upon our course . And it seems to me that among such illuminations , as the number of the days behind us increase , and of those before us lessen , the most formidable and startling is the very one upon which we ...
... attitude to life , flash upon our course . And it seems to me that among such illuminations , as the number of the days behind us increase , and of those before us lessen , the most formidable and startling is the very one upon which we ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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