The Art of Growing OldJ. Cape, 1944 - 218 pages |
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Page 33
... whole problem ; and it seems to me that the particular role which can be played by the simple common sense I am trying to represent and for which specialists have such contempt is to visualize in a series of images that can be grasped ...
... whole problem ; and it seems to me that the particular role which can be played by the simple common sense I am trying to represent and for which specialists have such contempt is to visualize in a series of images that can be grasped ...
Page 98
... whole purpose of this Dimension of the Multiverse as the fullest possible enjoyment of life in general by each ... whole problem of Good and Evil , as far as our individual life is con- cerned , is narrowed down to a satisfactory ...
... whole purpose of this Dimension of the Multiverse as the fullest possible enjoyment of life in general by each ... whole problem of Good and Evil , as far as our individual life is con- cerned , is narrowed down to a satisfactory ...
Page 205
... whole island - fortress jangling , a man must for- sake generalities altogether . He must realize that the talk is now about the coming to an end of that I , I , I , whose feelings are simply all there is to me , me , me ! We are ...
... whole island - fortress jangling , a man must for- sake generalities altogether . He must realize that the talk is now about the coming to an end of that I , I , I , whose feelings are simply all there is to me , me , me ! We are ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION L | 7 |
OLD AGE IN MAN AND WOMAN | 26 |
FEMININE OLD AGE AND NATURE | 37 |
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