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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... remained : both Mendel's and Marie's fathers , bearded patriarchs , were still living there , together with brothers and sisters and a raft of young cousins . These were reasons enough to stay , but the incident on the train and Marie's ...
... remained : both Mendel's and Marie's fathers , bearded patriarchs , were still living there , together with brothers and sisters and a raft of young cousins . These were reasons enough to stay , but the incident on the train and Marie's ...
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... remained gloomily teaching at Oxford . Outwardly the place remained the same . Bowra still told the same old jokes ; 93 The Brethren , 1934-40.
... remained gloomily teaching at Oxford . Outwardly the place remained the same . Bowra still told the same old jokes ; 93 The Brethren , 1934-40.
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... remained adamant . ' I can see that you should be judged by your friends , that I concede . ' He was even prepared to envisage extreme situations in which one might have to sacrifice friends who had betrayed some essential trust , or ...
... remained adamant . ' I can see that you should be judged by your friends , that I concede . ' He was even prepared to envisage extreme situations in which one might have to sacrifice friends who had betrayed some essential trust , or ...
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