The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 18
... look , a look that seemed to say : " The Great Taskmaster has left me in peace at last . ' At the moment I was tempted to inquire whether I might not convey to the placid old man some appropriate theological stimulus from his book ...
... look , a look that seemed to say : " The Great Taskmaster has left me in peace at last . ' At the moment I was tempted to inquire whether I might not convey to the placid old man some appropriate theological stimulus from his book ...
Page 51
... look about us as leisure for our souls to sink into what we look at . Apart from the present ' war - effort ' , conscripting the whole nation , very few people , in peace or in war , have time for the sort of concentra- 1 tion upon ...
... look about us as leisure for our souls to sink into what we look at . Apart from the present ' war - effort ' , conscripting the whole nation , very few people , in peace or in war , have time for the sort of concentra- 1 tion upon ...
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... look to themselves ! They are greedy about far less excellent , far less natural , far less earthy , far less divine things than food . Not to be greedy over food when you're old is to be ungrateful to that bountiful wisdom of Nature ...
... look to themselves ! They are greedy about far less excellent , far less natural , far less earthy , far less divine things than food . Not to be greedy over food when you're old is to be ungrateful to that bountiful wisdom of Nature ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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