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... Ages - to - Come , and that fatuous sycophant of his , the classic Muse of History . After that arose the question of what would happen in the future ? Was it destined all to begin again , once the per- formers had repaired their ...
... Ages - to - Come , and that fatuous sycophant of his , the classic Muse of History . After that arose the question of what would happen in the future ? Was it destined all to begin again , once the per- formers had repaired their ...
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... Ages - to - Come ? THE MUSE . I have , my Lord . They will be here in good time . SATAN . That's right . They shall ... come , let us have a little chat , dear old Muse . There is still half an hour till the bell rings and we go aloft ...
... Ages - to - Come ? THE MUSE . I have , my Lord . They will be here in good time . SATAN . That's right . They shall ... come , let us have a little chat , dear old Muse . There is still half an hour till the bell rings and we go aloft ...
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... Ages - to - Come , this Ballet of the Nations ( for that's its title ) will be an unending source of rhetoric , mistaken lessons , and of such voluptuous horror as thrilled the Vestal Virgins in their cushioned seats high above the ...
... Ages - to - Come , this Ballet of the Nations ( for that's its title ) will be an unending source of rhetoric , mistaken lessons , and of such voluptuous horror as thrilled the Vestal Virgins in their cushioned seats high above the ...
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... AGES - TO- COME , classically draped and veiled in the stuff that dreams are made of . CHORUS OF AGES - TO - COME . Your very obedient humble servants at your Archangelic Lordship's commands . They curtsy to the ground . SATAN has risen ...
... AGES - TO- COME , classically draped and veiled in the stuff that dreams are made of . CHORUS OF AGES - TO - COME . Your very obedient humble servants at your Archangelic Lordship's commands . They curtsy to the ground . SATAN has risen ...
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... Ages - to - Come , represent the no less needed assistance of a no less apocryphal Future ! The Future which is always the Future because it can never turn into the present , and which therefore possesses the unparalleled attraction of ...
... Ages - to - Come , represent the no less needed assistance of a no less apocryphal Future ! The Future which is always the Future because it can never turn into the present , and which therefore possesses the unparalleled attraction of ...
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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