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Page xiii
... past , that which is not and cannot be superseded , is per- haps the most important part of our own quest . A true humanist must know the life of science as he knows the life of art and the life of religion . We can but live in the ...
... past , that which is not and cannot be superseded , is per- haps the most important part of our own quest . A true humanist must know the life of science as he knows the life of art and the life of religion . We can but live in the ...
Page xiv
... past as fully as we can , because the race is more important than the individual . If the individual were more important , our yester- days would be like corpses and the past would really be a thing of the past . It would be better then ...
... past as fully as we can , because the race is more important than the individual . If the individual were more important , our yester- days would be like corpses and the past would really be a thing of the past . It would be better then ...
Page 147
... past live in the present and the present in the past . Moreover he must have a sense of historical accuracy , causing him to suffer from his- torical errors , at least from avoidable ones , with the same intensity as from scientific or ...
... past live in the present and the present in the past . Moreover he must have a sense of historical accuracy , causing him to suffer from his- torical errors , at least from avoidable ones , with the same intensity as from scientific or ...
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