The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 50
... concerned such as hover between the parallel consciousness of the two sexes it were wiser to ' look into one's own heart ' than to generalize from the liveliest external impressions . Indeed it is likely enough that there are more ...
... concerned such as hover between the parallel consciousness of the two sexes it were wiser to ' look into one's own heart ' than to generalize from the liveliest external impressions . Indeed it is likely enough that there are more ...
Page 122
... concerned with is just what we are concerned with , the mental and emotional satisfaction of self - expression , not the sympathetic satisfaction of listening to others . We all want of course in a general way to make a favourable ...
... concerned with is just what we are concerned with , the mental and emotional satisfaction of self - expression , not the sympathetic satisfaction of listening to others . We all want of course in a general way to make a favourable ...
Page 190
... concerned , long before Russia or America were concerned , the watcher in Tibet must have regarded the resistance offered by China to the aggression of Japan with a profound appreciative understanding . And always waiting for the end ...
... concerned , long before Russia or America were concerned , the watcher in Tibet must have regarded the resistance offered by China to the aggression of Japan with a profound appreciative understanding . And always waiting for the end ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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