The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... never have noticed it ! But think how different it is with old men ! They were never so aware of all these lights and shadows , all these shapes and colours , all these vague expectancies and obscure memories , these essences of long ...
... never have noticed it ! But think how different it is with old men ! They were never so aware of all these lights and shadows , all these shapes and colours , all these vague expectancies and obscure memories , these essences of long ...
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... never quiescent and never settled in this present dimension ; but that the essential Good and the essential Evil , when stripped and sifted and winnowed from all irrelevancies , can be reduced to the actual choice , which lies in the ...
... never quiescent and never settled in this present dimension ; but that the essential Good and the essential Evil , when stripped and sifted and winnowed from all irrelevancies , can be reduced to the actual choice , which lies in the ...
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... never has existed be- fore in the world to do one of two things - either to concentrate on the immediate present , its smallest and least significant details , or to throw the mind forward into the healing obscurity of the far distance ...
... never has existed be- fore in the world to do one of two things - either to concentrate on the immediate present , its smallest and least significant details , or to throw the mind forward into the healing obscurity of the far distance ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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