The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... body ; we have the boundless objec- tive , material mass of our present temporal - spatial Dimension ; we have our own physical objective body ; and we have a vast number of other selves , both human and sub - human , each with its own body ...
... body ; we have the boundless objec- tive , material mass of our present temporal - spatial Dimension ; we have our own physical objective body ; and we have a vast number of other selves , both human and sub - human , each with its own body ...
Page 173
... body . An old man's body is like an old fiddler's violin or an old painter's palette of mixed pigments . He has learnt tricks with this medium he knows so well that to passionate youth or to practical middle - age would seem simply ...
... body . An old man's body is like an old fiddler's violin or an old painter's palette of mixed pigments . He has learnt tricks with this medium he knows so well that to passionate youth or to practical middle - age would seem simply ...
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... body . An old man's body is like an old fiddler's violin or an old painter's palette of mixed pigments . He has learnt tricks with this medium he knows so well that to passionate youth or to practical middle - age would seem simply ...
... body . An old man's body is like an old fiddler's violin or an old painter's palette of mixed pigments . He has learnt tricks with this medium he knows so well that to passionate youth or to practical middle - age would seem simply ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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