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Page 8
... youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find ex- cuses for delaying what one would ...
... youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find ex- cuses for delaying what one would ...
Page 74
... youth . To write prose and verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young persons . It is a form of play , due merely to the exuberance of their years , and is no more ...
... youth . To write prose and verse , to hammer out little tunes on the piano and to draw and paint , are instinctive with a great many young persons . It is a form of play , due merely to the exuberance of their years , and is no more ...
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... youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ? The fool's old age will be foolish , but so was his youth . The young man turns away from ...
... youth . The philosophers have always told us that we are the slaves of our passions , and is it so small a thing to be liberated from their sway ? The fool's old age will be foolish , but so was his youth . The young man turns away from ...
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