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Page xii
... mind and the turn of the hand that come without reflection and lead the man to excellence in life , in art , in crime , in virtue and for the matter of that , even in love . Thinking is the great enemy of perfection . The habit of ...
... mind and the turn of the hand that come without reflection and lead the man to excellence in life , in art , in crime , in virtue and for the matter of that , even in love . Thinking is the great enemy of perfection . The habit of ...
Page xiii
... mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis • to Mr. Jones , who is built on a AUTHOR'S ...
... mind so that I have fastened on to him many words heard on other men's lips and belonging to other men's less perfect , less pathetic moods . The same observation will apply mutatis mutandis • to Mr. Jones , who is built on a AUTHOR'S ...
Page 24
... minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasiness . Oh , yes ; it had come , and anybody could see what would be the ...
... minds . For a time everybody in the islands was talking of the Tropical Belt Coal , and even those who smiled quietly to themselves were only hiding their uneasiness . Oh , yes ; it had come , and anybody could see what would be the ...
Page 40
... mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It - an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrangement for bowing the head at times and smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson viewed ...
... mind , I mean even a little of it , I mean any at all . One was inclined to think of her as an It - an automaton , a very plain dummy , with an arrangement for bowing the head at times and smiling stupidly now and then . Davidson viewed ...
Page 54
... fairly well off here . Thanks , all the same . If I have taken the lib- erty to detain you , it is not from any uneasiness for myself and my - companion . The person I was think- ing of when I made up my mind to invoke 54 VICTORY.
... fairly well off here . Thanks , all the same . If I have taken the lib- erty to detain you , it is not from any uneasiness for myself and my - companion . The person I was think- ing of when I made up my mind to invoke 54 VICTORY.
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