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Page vii
... minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the world . Such coincidence could not be treated lightly . And I made up my mind to let the word stand , in the same hopeful spirit in which some simple citizen of Old Rome would ...
... minds , the hearts , the consciences of men all over the world . Such coincidence could not be treated lightly . And I made up my mind to let the word stand , in the same hopeful spirit in which some simple citizen of Old Rome would ...
Page x
... 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 xi
... mind so that I have fas tened 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 much ...
... mind so that I have fas tened 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 much ...
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... 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 33
... 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 ...
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