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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... mother's sister , was a tender and highly intelligent soul , tiny in stature and warm in disposition , even more so - Berlin eventually believed than his mother . - From the family's arrival in Petrograd in 1916 until their departure ...
... mother's sister , was a tender and highly intelligent soul , tiny in stature and warm in disposition , even more so - Berlin eventually believed than his mother . - From the family's arrival in Petrograd in 1916 until their departure ...
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... mother had a maid to help her with the housework ; there was private tuition for his English and , briefly , a piano teacher , until it became apparent that his damaged left arm prevented all hope of progress on the keyboard . Exile ...
... mother had a maid to help her with the housework ; there was private tuition for his English and , briefly , a piano teacher , until it became apparent that his damaged left arm prevented all hope of progress on the keyboard . Exile ...
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... mother , who , having been alarmed , at the height of his infatuation with Patricia Douglas , that he might marry a Gentile , was now overjoyed that he was returning to the fold . Whatever ambivalence a powerfully protective mother ...
... mother , who , having been alarmed , at the height of his infatuation with Patricia Douglas , that he might marry a Gentile , was now overjoyed that he was returning to the fold . Whatever ambivalence a powerfully protective mother ...
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