The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... existence or non - existence of a life after death . One thing has especially struck my own mind - and how presumptuous it seems to be saying this now , when I recall my struggle at school to compose an essay on ' Patriotism ' in the ...
... existence or non - existence of a life after death . One thing has especially struck my own mind - and how presumptuous it seems to be saying this now , when I recall my struggle at school to compose an essay on ' Patriotism ' in the ...
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... existence save in the heads of metaphysical Realists - what has been the chief mental effect upon me of reaching the last lap of my life , I would say , after con- siderable introspection , that it was a certain pushing open , wider and ...
... existence save in the heads of metaphysical Realists - what has been the chief mental effect upon me of reaching the last lap of my life , I would say , after con- siderable introspection , that it was a certain pushing open , wider and ...
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... existence as a refuge , after stormy seas , the really crafty and sagacious thing to do , it seems to me , is to begin practising the difficult art of being in utrumque paratus , ' prepared for either event ' ; and not merely being ...
... existence as a refuge , after stormy seas , the really crafty and sagacious thing to do , it seems to me , is to begin practising the difficult art of being in utrumque paratus , ' prepared for either event ' ; and not merely being ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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