The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 68
... interest there be added a naturalist's special concern with these complicated lives , this interest is doubled . But no dramatic interest in our fellow - creatures , no passionate recogni- tion of the flesh - and - blood link with our ...
... interest there be added a naturalist's special concern with these complicated lives , this interest is doubled . But no dramatic interest in our fellow - creatures , no passionate recogni- tion of the flesh - and - blood link with our ...
Page 122
... interests , feelings , pleasures , yes and sometimes even the pains , of those about us , while we continue , like an ... interest - for such is the law of life , that the inward feeling follows the outward gesture - will soon be evoked ...
... interests , feelings , pleasures , yes and sometimes even the pains , of those about us , while we continue , like an ... interest - for such is the law of life , that the inward feeling follows the outward gesture - will soon be evoked ...
Page 147
... interest in outward things . In one important sense this is perfectly true ; but in the case of women it must be ... interests may be just sufficiently outward to escape the treacherous urge of ' the Will to Live ' ; but they are ...
... interest in outward things . In one important sense this is perfectly true ; but in the case of women it must be ... interests may be just sufficiently outward to escape the treacherous urge of ' the Will to Live ' ; but they are ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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