The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... remains yet a third group who hold that the welfare , comfort and prosperous future of the Community in which we live far outweigh as the ideal of a sound education any conceivable cult of enlightened egoism . But however outweighed and ...
... remains yet a third group who hold that the welfare , comfort and prosperous future of the Community in which we live far outweigh as the ideal of a sound education any conceivable cult of enlightened egoism . But however outweighed and ...
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... remains that no catering to his fancies in wine and coffee and fish , no humouring of his preferences in the matter of lamps and newspapers and screens and footstools and music and card games and library books can evoke , in his ...
... remains that no catering to his fancies in wine and coffee and fish , no humouring of his preferences in the matter of lamps and newspapers and screens and footstools and music and card games and library books can evoke , in his ...
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... remains the one side of the shield ; while ' He who is not against us is with us ' remains the other ! Unless our philosophy is self - contradictory at its very root it is bound to be false . ' My yoke is easy ' has always to be placed ...
... remains the one side of the shield ; while ' He who is not against us is with us ' remains the other ! Unless our philosophy is self - contradictory at its very root it is bound to be false . ' My yoke is easy ' has always to be placed ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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