The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 106
... common sense . Nor must it be forgotten that what common sense itself uses as its instrument for fathoming the depths , sounding the shallows , calculating the distance of the horizon , is humility . When old people make use of this ...
... common sense . Nor must it be forgotten that what common sense itself uses as its instrument for fathoming the depths , sounding the shallows , calculating the distance of the horizon , is humility . When old people make use of this ...
Page 107
... common sense that we are compelled to recognize as the common denominator or universal secret linking Homer and Shakespeare and Rabelais and Montaigne and Cervantes really does for us is to save us from that dim ambiguous borderland ...
... common sense that we are compelled to recognize as the common denominator or universal secret linking Homer and Shakespeare and Rabelais and Montaigne and Cervantes really does for us is to save us from that dim ambiguous borderland ...
Page 117
... common lot , the common pain , the common chance ! ' murmurs the other : ' Be it unto me as Fate has decreed ! ' per- But what has all this to do , you may naturally protest , with the petual contest within us between the urge of the ...
... common lot , the common pain , the common chance ! ' murmurs the other : ' Be it unto me as Fate has decreed ! ' per- But what has all this to do , you may naturally protest , with the petual contest within us between the urge of the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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