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... inestimable . The aim must have been worth the means when the means have been such as these . So the aim , rather than defined as any concrete , any temporal , advantage , about whose attainment ( for instance future peace INTRODUCTION ...
... inestimable . The aim must have been worth the means when the means have been such as these . So the aim , rather than defined as any concrete , any temporal , advantage , about whose attainment ( for instance future peace INTRODUCTION ...
Page xxxiv
... define an even lesser part . That is why habits and preferences , delusions which , inasmuch as born of our needs , have something so much more natural and cogent about them , are notwith- standing , in the long run , so much less ...
... define an even lesser part . That is why habits and preferences , delusions which , inasmuch as born of our needs , have something so much more natural and cogent about them , are notwith- standing , in the long run , so much less ...
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Vernon Lee. grateful I should be if you would repeat once more your leading definition of yourself ? SATAN . With the greatest pleasure ( dictates ) : I am the Waster of all sorts of Virtue . The MUSE bows effusive thanks . SATAN . But ...
Vernon Lee. grateful I should be if you would repeat once more your leading definition of yourself ? SATAN . With the greatest pleasure ( dictates ) : I am the Waster of all sorts of Virtue . The MUSE bows effusive thanks . SATAN . But ...
Page 68
... definition of a diplomat , eh ? Jamais rien vu , jamais rien su , jamais rien pu . So I won't waste my valu- able time in making you guess what your principal ally is engaged in doing at this particular present moment . .. 2ND VOICE ...
... definition of a diplomat , eh ? Jamais rien vu , jamais rien su , jamais rien pu . So I won't waste my valu- able time in making you guess what your principal ally is engaged in doing at this particular present moment . .. 2ND VOICE ...
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... define , but all men can recognize . Who , for instance , shall give us a precise definition of what constitutes a muddle ? Yet it may happen to all of us to find ourselves in one . The gramophone wheezes . SATAN changes the disc . The ...
... define , but all men can recognize . Who , for instance , shall give us a precise definition of what constitutes a muddle ? Yet it may happen to all of us to find ourselves in one . The gramophone wheezes . SATAN changes the disc . The ...
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