The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 66
John Cowper Powys. as contrasted with other living entities whether human or sub - human , or finally as opposed to the boundless material , chemical , etheric mass of the four Inanimate Elements . Now it is in connection with the ...
John Cowper Powys. as contrasted with other living entities whether human or sub - human , or finally as opposed to the boundless material , chemical , etheric mass of the four Inanimate Elements . Now it is in connection with the ...
Page 168
... human civilization can advance and improve without the help of these plaguy conspiracies of ' Great Men ' , and with nothing to urge it on but Nature herself and our ordinary human goodness and some obscure ' stream of tendency working ...
... human civilization can advance and improve without the help of these plaguy conspiracies of ' Great Men ' , and with nothing to urge it on but Nature herself and our ordinary human goodness and some obscure ' stream of tendency working ...
Page 171
... human race has committed many atrocious crimes against itself , such as Slavery and the torturing of Criminals and Heretics . But our blackest crime is not against other human beings at all . It is this monstrous practice of Vivisection ...
... human race has committed many atrocious crimes against itself , such as Slavery and the torturing of Criminals and Heretics . But our blackest crime is not against other human beings at all . It is this monstrous practice of Vivisection ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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