The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... old age depends on its power of adjusting itself to the Inanimate . The older we get the lonelier we get ; and this means an increase of happiness to those who like loneliness , and a proportionate decrease to those who detest it . The ...
... old age depends on its power of adjusting itself to the Inanimate . The older we get the lonelier we get ; and this means an increase of happiness to those who like loneliness , and a proportionate decrease to those who detest it . The ...
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John Cowper Powys. CHAPTER I OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN THE moment we leave the discussion of old age in general and confine the subject to the special conditions of life in these Islands we are confronted by the traditional class ...
John Cowper Powys. CHAPTER I OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN THE moment we leave the discussion of old age in general and confine the subject to the special conditions of life in these Islands we are confronted by the traditional class ...
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John Cowper Powys. CHAPTER II FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE THE Happiness of an elderly person depends , most fatally upon Nature ; and all the resistances and resiliences which a human soul can muster up are necessary ... OLD AGE AND NATURE.
John Cowper Powys. CHAPTER II FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE THE Happiness of an elderly person depends , most fatally upon Nature ; and all the resistances and resiliences which a human soul can muster up are necessary ... OLD AGE AND NATURE.
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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