The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 19
... important as the other , namely self - realization . But our public and traditional homage and the larger portion of our instinctive homage too is reserved for that aspect of human behaviour we call unselfishness . There are , however ...
... important as the other , namely self - realization . But our public and traditional homage and the larger portion of our instinctive homage too is reserved for that aspect of human behaviour we call unselfishness . There are , however ...
Page 29
... important change comes over the picture . Old women find their sphere of uncompetitive contempla- tion very little affected by the few transitory revivals of the ancient obsession which necessarily occur . These must appear of course at ...
... important change comes over the picture . Old women find their sphere of uncompetitive contempla- tion very little affected by the few transitory revivals of the ancient obsession which necessarily occur . These must appear of course at ...
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... important . Of the books that have been accepted by the human race as ' classics ' there may be said to be two main types : those we enjoy for their style and those we enjoy for their effect upon our secret culture and our individual ...
... important . Of the books that have been accepted by the human race as ' classics ' there may be said to be two main types : those we enjoy for their style and those we enjoy for their effect upon our secret culture and our individual ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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