The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 95
... thoughts by which we live , the thoughts which make up our living and abiding self . I implore my reader to indulge in a moment's introspection , wherever he may find himself as he reads this sentence . Those solid objects around him ...
... thoughts by which we live , the thoughts which make up our living and abiding self . I implore my reader to indulge in a moment's introspection , wherever he may find himself as he reads this sentence . Those solid objects around him ...
Page 171
... Thoughts . These are the thoughts , Walter Pater suggests in Gaston de Latour , where we learn how Montaigne in the very hey - day of his manhood had so much of the mellow detachment of age , these are the thoughts that repre- sent the ...
... Thoughts . These are the thoughts , Walter Pater suggests in Gaston de Latour , where we learn how Montaigne in the very hey - day of his manhood had so much of the mellow detachment of age , these are the thoughts that repre- sent the ...
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... thoughts ' , and always , as I have tried to show , extremely sus- picious of Science as contrasted with Philosophy , old age is naturally ' alert to select from all the multifarious manifestations of human wishes offered to its ...
... thoughts ' , and always , as I have tried to show , extremely sus- picious of Science as contrasted with Philosophy , old age is naturally ' alert to select from all the multifarious manifestations of human wishes offered to its ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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