The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 77
... once by a vague ineffable memory of some remote time when a natural effect like this - such shin- ing metallic gloss against so forlorn a background — uplifted him into a seventh heaven . By a concentration of his will he catches this ...
... once by a vague ineffable memory of some remote time when a natural effect like this - such shin- ing metallic gloss against so forlorn a background — uplifted him into a seventh heaven . By a concentration of his will he catches this ...
Page 81
... Once more he knows how entirely correct he has been in his attitude to the point at issue . The Categorical Code is still the Categorical Code ; and the gulf be- tween Right and Wrong remains unbridged . What he cannot realize at such ...
... Once more he knows how entirely correct he has been in his attitude to the point at issue . The Categorical Code is still the Categorical Code ; and the gulf be- tween Right and Wrong remains unbridged . What he cannot realize at such ...
Page 115
... once . The deepest , noblest and wisest of all Christian secrets is humility ; and it must be confessed at once that when Jesus told his disciples that they were ' the salt of the earth ' and ' the light of the world ' he was ...
... once . The deepest , noblest and wisest of all Christian secrets is humility ; and it must be confessed at once that when Jesus told his disciples that they were ' the salt of the earth ' and ' the light of the world ' he was ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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