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Page 129
... less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... less revengeful than we were and now a play devoted to revenge would be scarcely plausible . Perhaps because our passions are less strong , perhaps even because the teaching of Christ has [ 129 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 134
... less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead ...
... less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead ...
Page 264
... less difficult to bear the evils of one's own life if one could think that they were but the neces- sary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence , and the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope ...
... less difficult to bear the evils of one's own life if one could think that they were but the neces- sary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence , and the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope ...
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