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... human heart and the entrance of the fiendish heart was to be expressed and made sensible . * Another world has stepped in ; and the murderers are taken out of the region of human beings , human purposes , human desires . They are ...
... human heart and the entrance of the fiendish heart was to be expressed and made sensible . * Another world has stepped in ; and the murderers are taken out of the region of human beings , human purposes , human desires . They are ...
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... human species . Consider what science has become in the hands of engi- neers and chemists ; its destructive powers increase a hun- dred - fold with each decade ; and the reproductive powers and inclinations of the human being do not ...
... human species . Consider what science has become in the hands of engi- neers and chemists ; its destructive powers increase a hun- dred - fold with each decade ; and the reproductive powers and inclinations of the human being do not ...
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... human nature . Their tactlessness was almost beyond belief . They treated per- sons as if they were things . They treated facts with deadly seriousness , but had no regard for feelings . They had spies all over the world to report all ...
... human nature . Their tactlessness was almost beyond belief . They treated per- sons as if they were things . They treated facts with deadly seriousness , but had no regard for feelings . They had spies all over the world to report all ...
Contents
ON GOING A JOURNEY William Hazlitt | 7 |
HOLIDAY John Galsworthy | 18 |
OF FRIENDSHIP Francis Bacon | 25 |
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