The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 29
... comes to us all in connection with our detachment from the world . And it comes more frequently to men than to women . When , however , they are both old a very important change comes over the picture . Old women find their sphere of ...
... comes to us all in connection with our detachment from the world . And it comes more frequently to men than to women . When , however , they are both old a very important change comes over the picture . Old women find their sphere of ...
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... come to the morality of war . There is nothing wrong about being a soldier or sailor or an airman during a war or in ... comes in ; and it is obvious to a discriminating intelligence that such cruelty is not confined to definite acts of ...
... come to the morality of war . There is nothing wrong about being a soldier or sailor or an airman during a war or in ... comes in ; and it is obvious to a discriminating intelligence that such cruelty is not confined to definite acts of ...
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John Cowper Powys. come and go , just because it has had time to get the mental and the physical aspects of human life ... comes to Vivisection I think Americans are the worst , with ourselves and the Russians running them close . There ...
John Cowper Powys. come and go , just because it has had time to get the mental and the physical aspects of human life ... comes to Vivisection I think Americans are the worst , with ourselves and the Russians running them close . There ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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