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Page 51
... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
Page 90
... common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the com- mon human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was determined to get whatever fulfilment I could out of ...
... common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the com- mon human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was determined to get whatever fulfilment I could out of ...
Page 189
... common impulses of men so unaccountably . And indeed the artist , to the indignation of mankind , has never felt himself bound by ordinary standards . Why should he ? With men in general the primary end of thought and action is to ...
... common impulses of men so unaccountably . And indeed the artist , to the indignation of mankind , has never felt himself bound by ordinary standards . Why should he ? With men in general the primary end of thought and action is to ...
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