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Page 84
... complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent and disinterested research . The spirituality of his expression suggested the tired scepticism ...
... complete indolence , bald and emaciated , he had an ascetic air so that you might have taken him for a don who had spent long years in ardent and disinterested research . The spirituality of his expression suggested the tired scepticism ...
Page 290
... complete life , the perfect pattern , includes old age as well as youth and maturity . The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good , but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in ...
... complete life , the perfect pattern , includes old age as well as youth and maturity . The beauty of the morning and the radiance of noon are good , but it would be a very silly person who drew the curtains and turned on the light in ...
Page 297
... complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation . It seemed to me ...
... complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive contemplation . It seemed to me ...
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