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Page 51
... 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 take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
... 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 take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
Page 96
... present day , who seem to be so much nearer to their raw material , ordinary men among ordinary men , rather than artists in an alien crowd , may break down the barrier that their peculiar gift cannot but raise and so come nearer to the ...
... present day , who seem to be so much nearer to their raw material , ordinary men among ordinary men , rather than artists in an alien crowd , may break down the barrier that their peculiar gift cannot but raise and so come nearer to the ...
Page 287
... present day , so competent and so self - assured , who can run an office and play a hard game of tennis , who is intelligently concerned with public affairs and can appreciate the arts , and , prepared to stand on her own feet , faces ...
... present day , so competent and so self - assured , who can run an office and play a hard game of tennis , who is intelligently concerned with public affairs and can appreciate the arts , and , prepared to stand on her own feet , faces ...
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