The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... possessing in its essential nature an illuminative virtue , a delicious unction , a magic equilibrium , such as can be found nowhere else in life . There are , of course , individual exceptions ... possess of mixing 18 THE ART OF GROWING OLD.
... possessing in its essential nature an illuminative virtue , a delicious unction , a magic equilibrium , such as can be found nowhere else in life . There are , of course , individual exceptions ... possess of mixing 18 THE ART OF GROWING OLD.
Page 67
... possess our souls in peace , the better will our solitude be protected and our subtlest egoism fulfilled . And this disciplined lust for the elements can be satisfied in a town almost as well as in the country . In her more conventional ...
... possess our souls in peace , the better will our solitude be protected and our subtlest egoism fulfilled . And this disciplined lust for the elements can be satisfied in a town almost as well as in the country . In her more conventional ...
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... possess can do this ; and for sufficient reason . - a Every avenue of our human exploration of the Mystery of Life – whether it be by mystical intuition , rational logic , or scientific experiment -is fatally conditioned by the ubiquity ...
... possess can do this ; and for sufficient reason . - a Every avenue of our human exploration of the Mystery of Life – whether it be by mystical intuition , rational logic , or scientific experiment -is fatally conditioned by the ubiquity ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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