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Page 73
... existence with nothing to look forward to but inevitable defeat . I learnt that men were moved by a savage egoism , that love was only the dirty trick nature played on us to achieve the con- tinuation of the species , and I decided that ...
... existence with nothing to look forward to but inevitable defeat . I learnt that men were moved by a savage egoism , that love was only the dirty trick nature played on us to achieve the con- tinuation of the species , and I decided that ...
Page 192
... existence it had brought me ; the social round , the grand dinners at the houses of the great , the brilliant balls and the week - end parties at country houses ; the company of clever and brilliant people , writers , painters , actors ...
... existence it had brought me ; the social round , the grand dinners at the houses of the great , the brilliant balls and the week - end parties at country houses ; the company of clever and brilliant people , writers , painters , actors ...
Page 272
... existence is as certain as that two and two make four . I cannot penetrate the mystery . I remain an agnostic , and the practical outcome of agnosticism is that you act as though God did not exist . lxx Belief in God is not essential to ...
... existence is as certain as that two and two make four . I cannot penetrate the mystery . I remain an agnostic , and the practical outcome of agnosticism is that you act as though God did not exist . lxx Belief in God is not essential to ...
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