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Page 148
... emotion which makes sacrifice easy , it is an emotion compact of pride and longing and love , but it is humble rather than con- ceited , and it does not preclude a sense of humour . Perhaps Russia is too large for sentiments so intimate ...
... emotion which makes sacrifice easy , it is an emotion compact of pride and longing and love , but it is humble rather than con- ceited , and it does not preclude a sense of humour . Perhaps Russia is too large for sentiments so intimate ...
Page 173
... emotion modifies , but which in turn reacts on emotion ; with the Russians it looks as though each emotion took complete possession of the individual and swayed him wholly . They are like Aeolian harps upon which a hundred winds play a ...
... emotion modifies , but which in turn reacts on emotion ; with the Russians it looks as though each emotion took complete possession of the individual and swayed him wholly . They are like Aeolian harps upon which a hundred winds play a ...
Page 339
... emotion . Beauty is a value , whatever its object may be , but it is only an essential value if it exalts the soul and so enables it to ac- cept or to be in a fit emotional state to accept more important- values . But what the dickens ...
... emotion . Beauty is a value , whatever its object may be , but it is only an essential value if it exalts the soul and so enables it to ac- cept or to be in a fit emotional state to accept more important- values . But what the dickens ...
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