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Page vii
... Evil ; and the remembrance of mediæval masques naturally added the familiar figure , fiddling and leering as in Holbein's woodcuts , of a Ballet Master Death . The bleeding Nations evidently danced to an Orchestra of Passions , of whom ...
... Evil ; and the remembrance of mediæval masques naturally added the familiar figure , fiddling and leering as in Holbein's woodcuts , of a Ballet Master Death . The bleeding Nations evidently danced to an Orchestra of Passions , of whom ...
Page ix
... Evil , the possibility of Progress , the legitimacy of Sacrifice and the recognition of Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever philosophy of life my own ...
... Evil , the possibility of Progress , the legitimacy of Sacrifice and the recognition of Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever philosophy of life my own ...
Page xvi
... Evil , this trial of strength between Justice and Injustice , as a mere collective world - cataclysm for which all are equally responsible or rather irresponsible ; you dare to represent it as a mere involuntary , aimless , senseless ...
... Evil , this trial of strength between Justice and Injustice , as a mere collective world - cataclysm for which all are equally responsible or rather irresponsible ; you dare to represent it as a mere involuntary , aimless , senseless ...
Page xxxii
... evil , becomes a sacrilegious outrage from which we shrink with the taboo - horror inherited from our own infancy and from that of our race . What self - respect- ing man or woman can openly refuse to bring a sacrifice for the common ...
... evil , becomes a sacrilegious outrage from which we shrink with the taboo - horror inherited from our own infancy and from that of our race . What self - respect- ing man or woman can openly refuse to bring a sacrifice for the common ...
Page xlvii
... evil itself , like all others , tends also to produce . Experience , and alas ! probably the cruel experience of omission and commission , will have to teach this to the nations , lest they dance for ever in Satan's ballets . And this ...
... evil itself , like all others , tends also to produce . Experience , and alas ! probably the cruel experience of omission and commission , will have to teach this to the nations , lest they dance for ever in Satan's ballets . And this ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary æsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cæsarea called cinema shows creatures dance dangerous dear Clio decent Delusion and Confusion desire emotional enemy evil existence eyes fact feeling friends future German Gog and Magog gramophone wheezes habits hand happens harmonium Hatred hence Heroism honour horror human Idealism implies Indignation individual IST VOICE Justice kind larning less look Lord Satan man's mankind means merely mind moral moralists moreover Muse of History Nations nature neighbours never once one's Orchestra ourselves passions Patriotism peace perhaps persons play poor preference present qualities Reality reason recognize religion require result Romain Rolland sacrifice self-sacrifice sense side soul spiritual suffering sure Themistocles things thought tion truth turn war's Waste Waster Widow Fear words writing