The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 34
... feel as if yourself and the familiar figure opposite were one single creature with two consciousnesses ? Such a feeling is , I believe , not unknown to an elderly couple ; but I confess such is not my own experience . What I feel , and ...
... feel as if yourself and the familiar figure opposite were one single creature with two consciousnesses ? Such a feeling is , I believe , not unknown to an elderly couple ; but I confess such is not my own experience . What I feel , and ...
Page 65
... feel ; hear , touch , or taste you , I am conscious that you are ' I ' , and that you have been and will be ' I ' , although existing in an absolute void ! The moment however we cease , for philosophical purposes , trying to clear our ...
... feel ; hear , touch , or taste you , I am conscious that you are ' I ' , and that you have been and will be ' I ' , although existing in an absolute void ! The moment however we cease , for philosophical purposes , trying to clear our ...
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... feel these feel . They feel through the dark recoil of chemical dissolution , the imperishable beat of the cosmic pulse , the systole - diastole of new life out of old death . Returning home past the familiar landmarks , they greet each ...
... feel these feel . They feel through the dark recoil of chemical dissolution , the imperishable beat of the cosmic pulse , the systole - diastole of new life out of old death . Returning home past the familiar landmarks , they greet each ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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