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... youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for delaying what one would like ...
... youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for delaying what one would like ...
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... youth . To write prose and verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young persons . It is a form of play , due merely to the exuberance of their years , and is no more ...
... youth . To write prose and verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young persons . It is a form of play , due merely to the exuberance of their years , and is no more ...
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... youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ? The fool's old age will be foolish , but so was his youth . The young man turns away from ...
... youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ? The fool's old age will be foolish , but so was his youth . The young man turns away from ...
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