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Page 50
... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unim- portant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unim- portant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
Page 83
... common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the common human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was de- termined to get whatever fulfilment I could out of ...
... common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the common human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was de- termined to get whatever fulfilment I could out of ...
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... Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals . They are too ...
... Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals . They are too ...
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