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Page 67
... experience , and whatever he has in him of character and individuality , so that with infinite pains he may present it with the completeness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I ...
... experience , and whatever he has in him of character and individuality , so that with infinite pains he may present it with the completeness that is fitting to it . But I am not impatient with the young when , only at their request , I ...
Page 183
... experience . He creates the world as the theatre of his activity , and the world he creates consists of him- self and his thoughts and feelings ; and beyond that nothing has being . Everything knowable , every fact of experience , is an ...
... experience . He creates the world as the theatre of his activity , and the world he creates consists of him- self and his thoughts and feelings ; and beyond that nothing has being . Everything knowable , every fact of experience , is an ...
Page 194
... experience , especially the common experience of philosphers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be en- tertained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant ...
... experience , especially the common experience of philosphers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be en- tertained in connection with common mortals . They are too insignificant ...
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