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Page xxxiv
... 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 important than realities , indeed take half of their ...
... 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 important than realities , indeed take half of their ...
Page xlii
... preferences , the vital needs , of vanquished populations . Such has re- mained our notion of honour as between peoples : the honour of medieval despots sending out serfs to do battle for their family compacts and genealogical claims ...
... preferences , the vital needs , of vanquished populations . Such has re- mained our notion of honour as between peoples : the honour of medieval despots sending out serfs to do battle for their family compacts and genealogical claims ...
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... preference , the power of de- lighting in whatever it may be the mother's delight in her children , the thinker's in his problems , the poet's and the child's in the bare sense and spectacle of life , the plain man's in all his plans ...
... preference , the power of de- lighting in whatever it may be the mother's delight in her children , the thinker's in his problems , the poet's and the child's in the bare sense and spectacle of life , the plain man's in all his plans ...
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... preference of large to less , of future to present , of lasting satisfaction to brief or tainted rapture ; and of arduous , uncertain adventure with its entrancing breathlessness and heart beat , to yawning security . Last , but not ...
... preference of large to less , of future to present , of lasting satisfaction to brief or tainted rapture ; and of arduous , uncertain adventure with its entrancing breathlessness and heart beat , to yawning security . Last , but not ...
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... preference and true vocation , dramatic critic . She is a great lover of our joint shows , and has graciously undertaken a full account of this , I trust , our finest one . THE MUSE ( curtsying ceremoniously ) . I have had the pleasure ...
... preference and true vocation , dramatic critic . She is a great lover of our joint shows , and has graciously undertaken a full account of this , I trust , our finest one . THE MUSE ( curtsying ceremoniously ) . I have had the pleasure ...
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