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Page 13
... longer . In 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 excuses for delaying what one ...
... longer . In 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 excuses for delaying what one ...
Page 137
... longer look upon it any more as intimately my own . I have been blamed often for yielding too easily to directors and accepting their opinions when they were contrary to my own ; the fact is that I have always been inclined to think ...
... longer look upon it any more as intimately my own . I have been blamed often for yielding too easily to directors and accepting their opinions when they were contrary to my own ; the fact is that I have always been inclined to think ...
Page 256
... longer be able to climb an Alp or tumble a pretty girl on a bed ; it is true that he can no longer arouse the concupiscence of others . It is something to be free from the pangs of unrequited love and the torment of jealousy . It is ...
... longer be able to climb an Alp or tumble a pretty girl on a bed ; it is true that he can no longer arouse the concupiscence of others . It is something to be free from the pangs of unrequited love and the torment of jealousy . It is ...
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