The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 14
... present war , however , where danger and pain are more equally distributed , and where so much of what we older people tend to regard as the morbid recklessness of youth has been elevated into a high Spartan prerogative , the young air ...
... present war , however , where danger and pain are more equally distributed , and where so much of what we older people tend to regard as the morbid recklessness of youth has been elevated into a high Spartan prerogative , the young air ...
Page 128
... present Dimension , to assume as the absolute ground of all our speculation that it is laughable to regard this present space - time barrier as the end and final high - tide - mark of all possible existence . In the process , therefore ...
... present Dimension , to assume as the absolute ground of all our speculation that it is laughable to regard this present space - time barrier as the end and final high - tide - mark of all possible existence . In the process , therefore ...
Page 173
... present world - suffering . ' No Bishop - no King ! ' No Physical Science ยท Totalitarianism ! - no From almost every point of view - just as happened with the Industrial Revolution - the initial effects of Modern Science have been ...
... present world - suffering . ' No Bishop - no King ! ' No Physical Science ยท Totalitarianism ! - no From almost every point of view - just as happened with the Industrial Revolution - the initial effects of Modern Science have been ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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