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... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exasperate me to die before I had written this ...
... things our end can no longer be remote . An occasional glance at the obituary column of The Times has suggested to me that the sixties are very unhealthy ; I have long thought that it would exasperate me to die before I had written this ...
Page 160
... thing they do the thing best worth doing . The great critic should have a sympathy as wide as his knowledge is universal . It should be grounded not on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing ...
... thing they do the thing best worth doing . The great critic should have a sympathy as wide as his knowledge is universal . It should be grounded not on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing ...
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... things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrari- wise we find things ...
... things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrari- wise we find things ...
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