The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 30
... reach them when they are away from their home and at their day's work ; reach them in the fields , or on the railway , reach them in salesrooms and over shop counters , in offices and workshops , or shipboard , and harbour dock , in ...
... reach them when they are away from their home and at their day's work ; reach them in the fields , or on the railway , reach them in salesrooms and over shop counters , in offices and workshops , or shipboard , and harbour dock , in ...
Page 53
... reach the crux of the whole problem , namely how to reconcile these two ' streams of tendency ' , so that they shall intensify each other and not cancel or neutralize each other . A considerable portion of the discomfort , and often the ...
... reach the crux of the whole problem , namely how to reconcile these two ' streams of tendency ' , so that they shall intensify each other and not cancel or neutralize each other . A considerable portion of the discomfort , and often the ...
Page 86
... reach a balanced perspective upon these matters there is needed not only a certain nearness to the elements resembling that which old sailors and old farm - labourers attain , and such as one day , under less , desperate conditions ...
... reach a balanced perspective upon these matters there is needed not only a certain nearness to the elements resembling that which old sailors and old farm - labourers attain , and such as one day , under less , desperate conditions ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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