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Page 122
... course to the artist the luxury with which he likes to surround himself is but a diversion . His house , his grounds , his cars , his pictures , are playthings to amuse his fancy ; they are visible tokens of his power ; they do not ...
... course to the artist the luxury with which he likes to surround himself is but a diversion . His house , his grounds , his cars , his pictures , are playthings to amuse his fancy ; they are visible tokens of his power ; they do not ...
Page 184
... course of evolution , to a constantly changing environment , they have made a picture from fragments that they took here and there because they suited their purposes . This is the world of phenomena that they know . Reality is merely ...
... course of evolution , to a constantly changing environment , they have made a picture from fragments that they took here and there because they suited their purposes . This is the world of phenomena that they know . Reality is merely ...
Page 196
... course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the universe will attain that ...
... course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the universe will attain that ...
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