Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... Isaiah remembered , muttering disapproval so volubly that it was a wonder the orchestra could play at all . He was thirty and Isaiah was fifteen when they met at the Shalits and began a friendship that lasted thirty years ...
... Isaiah remembered , muttering disapproval so volubly that it was a wonder the orchestra could play at all . He was thirty and Isaiah was fifteen when they met at the Shalits and began a friendship that lasted thirty years ...
Page 158
... remember them always and everywhere , I will never forget them no matter what comes.26 - She broke off to describe the arrest of her son and husband , speaking - as Isaiah remembered in a matter - of - fact voice of her vigil at the ...
... remember them always and everywhere , I will never forget them no matter what comes.26 - She broke off to describe the arrest of her son and husband , speaking - as Isaiah remembered in a matter - of - fact voice of her vigil at the ...
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... remembers him muttering , ' Your friend , Felix Frankfurter , sits there among those Gentiles , seven days a week . How can he ? What is he doing ? ' In letters to Frankfurter ... Isaiah remembered from Petrograd 179 The Tribe , 1946-8.
... remembers him muttering , ' Your friend , Felix Frankfurter , sits there among those Gentiles , seven days a week . How can he ? What is he doing ? ' In letters to Frankfurter ... Isaiah remembered from Petrograd 179 The Tribe , 1946-8.
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