The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 21
... essential we should consider these two ages in the light of an essential element in all real humour - namely detachment from the absorbing pressure of the business of life . Who are the most unhumorous persons among us ? Well ! neither ...
... essential we should consider these two ages in the light of an essential element in all real humour - namely detachment from the absorbing pressure of the business of life . Who are the most unhumorous persons among us ? Well ! neither ...
Page 22
... essential root - characteristics of humour is detachment from the ordinary and normal business of life ? And where do we find a detachment more complete than in infancy and old age ? Of course like all universal human responses to life ...
... essential root - characteristics of humour is detachment from the ordinary and normal business of life ? And where do we find a detachment more complete than in infancy and old age ? Of course like all universal human responses to life ...
Page 47
... essential femininity of Nature . But the second thought , or rather the second instinctive motion , of an ordinary man emerging from his cave , is the impulse of the hunter , the fowler , the fisherman , the trapper , the tamer , the ...
... essential femininity of Nature . But the second thought , or rather the second instinctive motion , of an ordinary man emerging from his cave , is the impulse of the hunter , the fowler , the fisherman , the trapper , the tamer , the ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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