The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 19
... elements around us and of enjoying them in place of criticizing or changing or loving or hating them , is a power not confined to old age . Certain individuals among us — like Rabelais and Wordsworth and Walt Whitman - discovered ...
... elements around us and of enjoying them in place of criticizing or changing or loving or hating them , is a power not confined to old age . Certain individuals among us — like Rabelais and Wordsworth and Walt Whitman - discovered ...
Page 58
... elements of earth , air , fire , and water , plays so mysterious a part . For there are only four things that render ... elements , more and more aware of the elements , more and more capable of enjoying the elements , that we acquire ...
... elements of earth , air , fire , and water , plays so mysterious a part . For there are only four things that render ... elements , more and more aware of the elements , more and more capable of enjoying the elements , that we acquire ...
Page 67
... elements can be satisfied in a town almost as well as in the country . In her more conventional attributes what we call Nature is hard to come at in thickly - populated cities ... elements of air , water , earth , 67 OLD AGE AND THE ELEMENTS.
... elements can be satisfied in a town almost as well as in the country . In her more conventional attributes what we call Nature is hard to come at in thickly - populated cities ... elements of air , water , earth , 67 OLD AGE AND THE ELEMENTS.
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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