The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... essence of religion and the secretest essence of heroic victory over evil . It is a mood at once selfish and selfless ; and as you yield to it find yourself instinctively flinging into space a magnetic current from the very depths of ...
... essence of religion and the secretest essence of heroic victory over evil . It is a mood at once selfish and selfless ; and as you yield to it find yourself instinctively flinging into space a magnetic current from the very depths of ...
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... essence of goodness , is because , when we encounter the corresponding supreme essence of evil , we need the best of our good to battle with it . Now from the point of view of philosophical and psychological analysis the supreme essence ...
... essence of goodness , is because , when we encounter the corresponding supreme essence of evil , we need the best of our good to battle with it . Now from the point of view of philosophical and psychological analysis the supreme essence ...
Page 180
... essence of humour lies , but it would be absolutely impossible for him to define this essence in intelligible words . Anyway , we all feel that the essential nature of real humour differs from the sardonic , or the witty , or the ...
... essence of humour lies , but it would be absolutely impossible for him to define this essence in intelligible words . Anyway , we all feel that the essential nature of real humour differs from the sardonic , or the witty , or the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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