Isaiah Berlin: A LifeIsaiah Berlin refused to write an autobiography, but he agreed to talk about himself - and so for 10 years, before's Berlin's death in November 1997, he allowed Michael Ignatieff to interview him about his past, his ideas, his most intimate memories, and his inner conflicts. |
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... hand are both nailed to the clock face to certain ciphers . The whole face goes round , but the time remains the ... hands of the clock remained motionless . Time changed whatever the clocks , whatever the sense data happened to record ...
... hand are both nailed to the clock face to certain ciphers . The whole face goes round , but the time remains the ... hands of the clock remained motionless . Time changed whatever the clocks , whatever the sense data happened to record ...
Page 125
... hand , when the Prime Minister , fresh from the bath , appeared dressed in his navy blue siren suit . He shook Isaiah's hand , took the telegram and said , with great vigour and emphasis , ' Splendid . Good work . Carry on ' , and then ...
... hand , when the Prime Minister , fresh from the bath , appeared dressed in his navy blue siren suit . He shook Isaiah's hand , took the telegram and said , with great vigour and emphasis , ' Splendid . Good work . Carry on ' , and then ...
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... hand . One of these dedications referred to her longing to ' place the black viper on her dusky breast with an indifferent hand ' . But she wrote that she had freed herself of Cleopatra's longing . She would endure . On a second volume ...
... hand . One of these dedications referred to her longing to ' place the black viper on her dusky breast with an indifferent hand ' . But she wrote that she had freed herself of Cleopatra's longing . She would endure . On a second volume ...
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