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Page vii
... less like some ghastly " Grand Guignol " performance . It could , as it seemed to me , have been planned and staged only by the legendary Power of Evil ; and the remembrance of mediæval masques naturally added the familiar figure ...
... less like some ghastly " Grand Guignol " performance . It could , as it seemed to me , have been planned and staged only by the legendary Power of Evil ; and the remembrance of mediæval masques naturally added the familiar figure ...
Page xii
... less waste for self and others . They may , I cannot but hope , provide us with hardier stocks whereon to graft the over - costly , the artificial and unstable , flowers and fruits of such happiness and hope as we have hitherto enjoyed ...
... less waste for self and others . They may , I cannot but hope , provide us with hardier stocks whereon to graft the over - costly , the artificial and unstable , flowers and fruits of such happiness and hope as we have hitherto enjoyed ...
Page xv
... less with hatred and hatred's falsehoods . For that is war . But I have feared to hurt their feelings ; and I grieve to have done so . And this brings us back to my Ballet of the Nations and what it stands for . I have become aware that ...
... less with hatred and hatred's falsehoods . For that is war . But I have feared to hurt their feelings ; and I grieve to have done so . And this brings us back to my Ballet of the Nations and what it stands for . I have become aware that ...
Page xvi
... less given to such surprised and distressed - may I again say it ? -exclamations disguised as queries . The reasons I have set forth against participation in this war , spiritual participation by single individuals no less than ...
... less given to such surprised and distressed - may I again say it ? -exclamations disguised as queries . The reasons I have set forth against participation in this war , spiritual participation by single individuals no less than ...
Page xviii
... less acute than the personal , kind , it has to be remem- bered that there are emotional compensations in militant hope , in effort enthusiastically put out for victory , especially in faith in the perfect righteousness of one's own ...
... less acute than the personal , kind , it has to be remem- bered that there are emotional compensations in militant hope , in effort enthusiastically put out for victory , especially in faith in the perfect righteousness of one's own ...
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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