Thoughts and After-thoughtsCassell, 1913 - 315 pages |
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Page 4
... mind over the tyranny of matter . The world is undergoing a sea - change ; the old landmarks are being swept away , the barbed wire fences which separated the classes are being relegated to the limbo of the human scrap - heap . As in ...
... mind over the tyranny of matter . The world is undergoing a sea - change ; the old landmarks are being swept away , the barbed wire fences which separated the classes are being relegated to the limbo of the human scrap - heap . As in ...
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... mind as well as in body ; and when we are old ( some are born old ) we cast aside the unworldly wisdom which our ethical instinct taught us , and put on the worldly wisdom of vested interests . We no longer think and feel for ourselves ...
... mind as well as in body ; and when we are old ( some are born old ) we cast aside the unworldly wisdom which our ethical instinct taught us , and put on the worldly wisdom of vested interests . We no longer think and feel for ourselves ...
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... mind , the faculty of thinking and acting for oneself ; the power to fulfil oneself at all costs . To be oneself is the greatest luxury in the world , and I am bound to say it is the most expensive . If we may regard tact as one of the ...
... mind , the faculty of thinking and acting for oneself ; the power to fulfil oneself at all costs . To be oneself is the greatest luxury in the world , and I am bound to say it is the most expensive . If we may regard tact as one of the ...
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... minds . Kindness is the crowning triumph . There is nothing meaner than the contempt of the greatly endowed for those less favoured than themselves . There is nothing finer than modesty in the great , for that modesty implies a divine ...
... minds . Kindness is the crowning triumph . There is nothing meaner than the contempt of the greatly endowed for those less favoured than themselves . There is nothing finer than modesty in the great , for that modesty implies a divine ...
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... mind ; it is the power to enjoy . This gift is bestowed on one and the same person with an almost equal proportion as is the power to suffer . One child will be happy with a rag doll ; another will be dissatisfied with the most perfect ...
... mind ; it is the power to enjoy . This gift is bestowed on one and the same person with an almost equal proportion as is the power to suffer . One child will be happy with a rag doll ; another will be dissatisfied with the most perfect ...
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