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Page 69
... death also . It is the man's character which is the chief interest , his strength and weak- ness , his courage and despondency ; and these are nowhere more apparent than on a death - bed . It imports us as much . to know how great men ...
... death also . It is the man's character which is the chief interest , his strength and weak- ness , his courage and despondency ; and these are nowhere more apparent than on a death - bed . It imports us as much . to know how great men ...
Page 82
... death's horror nor of the survivors ' pain , but rather the warm breath of life and the passionate beauty of Italy . Even in that moment of death and horror the glory of life overwhelms everything ; and so perhaps it should be in all ...
... death's horror nor of the survivors ' pain , but rather the warm breath of life and the passionate beauty of Italy . Even in that moment of death and horror the glory of life overwhelms everything ; and so perhaps it should be in all ...
Page 363
... death is deprivation of sensation . And there- fore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable , not because it adds to it an infinite span of time , but because it takes away the craving for ...
... death is deprivation of sensation . And there- fore a right understanding that death is nothing to us makes the mortality of life enjoyable , not because it adds to it an infinite span of time , but because it takes away the craving for ...
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