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Page 251
... tion , and in the end have nothing to look forward to but destitu- tion . If only revolution can remedy this , then let revolution come and come quickly . When we see the cruelty with which men even now treat one another in countries ...
... tion , and in the end have nothing to look forward to but destitu- tion . If only revolution can remedy this , then let revolution come and come quickly . When we see the cruelty with which men even now treat one another in countries ...
Page 263
... tion of beauty and what exactly this emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the mainsprings of the human being , like hun- ger and sex , and at the same time to endow ...
... tion of beauty and what exactly this emotion is . It is usual enough to talk of the æsthetic instinct : the term seems to give it a place among the mainsprings of the human being , like hun- ger and sex , and at the same time to endow ...
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... tion that before was within reach only of the well to do ; it is not only all to the good , but common justice , that they should be able in sickness to be cared for and after a lifetime of labour be decently provided for . To be old ...
... tion that before was within reach only of the well to do ; it is not only all to the good , but common justice , that they should be able in sickness to be cared for and after a lifetime of labour be decently provided for . To be old ...
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