The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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... ultimate Boredom and ultimate Relish ; and simultaneously with these , the feeling that it can , as a living creature , throw the magnetic energy of its existence into immersion or rejection . By this time the reader must doubtless see ...
... ultimate Boredom and ultimate Relish ; and simultaneously with these , the feeling that it can , as a living creature , throw the magnetic energy of its existence into immersion or rejection . By this time the reader must doubtless see ...
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... ultimate selfish - unselfish gesture must therefore be of the nature of a contemplative vision , or to put it so as to include all our senses , a contemplative embrace , of what we call the Cosmos . Now human life is such that at every ...
... ultimate selfish - unselfish gesture must therefore be of the nature of a contemplative vision , or to put it so as to include all our senses , a contemplative embrace , of what we call the Cosmos . Now human life is such that at every ...
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John Cowper Powys. recognize the positivity of evil . If the ultimate gesture on the one hand is to force ourselves to endure and if we can to enjoy life , the ultimate gesture on the other hand is to curse life in our self - pity ; yes ...
John Cowper Powys. recognize the positivity of evil . If the ultimate gesture on the one hand is to force ourselves to endure and if we can to enjoy life , the ultimate gesture on the other hand is to curse life in our self - pity ; yes ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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