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... is there one which , before that date , would not have remained unwritten , unthought - out , avoided . Certainly their thought evaded : e.g. the queries , nay certainties , concerning Patriotism , Unanimity X SATAN THE WASTER.
... is there one which , before that date , would not have remained unwritten , unthought - out , avoided . Certainly their thought evaded : e.g. the queries , nay certainties , concerning Patriotism , Unanimity X SATAN THE WASTER.
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... Patriotism , Unanimity . Self - Sacrifice and Waste . One knew such subjects were there ; one knew there was a question called War ; but covered it all over with other thoughts , more agreeable to one's private contemplation and fitter ...
... Patriotism , Unanimity . Self - Sacrifice and Waste . One knew such subjects were there ; one knew there was a question called War ; but covered it all over with other thoughts , more agreeable to one's private contemplation and fitter ...
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... Patriotism , their strains reinforced , just when beginning to flag , by the timely advent of Pity and Indigna- tion ; until Ballet Master Death , weary though exultant , refreshes himself with drunken slumber propped upon his faithful ...
... Patriotism , their strains reinforced , just when beginning to flag , by the timely advent of Pity and Indigna- tion ; until Ballet Master Death , weary though exultant , refreshes himself with drunken slumber propped upon his faithful ...
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... can converse with refined intellec- tuals like you . Philosophers and Poets do , of course , join enthusiastically in my shows when , as in the coming Ballet , the Orchestra of Patriotism is engaged . But at other 8 SATAN THE WASTER.
... can converse with refined intellec- tuals like you . Philosophers and Poets do , of course , join enthusiastically in my shows when , as in the coming Ballet , the Orchestra of Patriotism is engaged . But at other 8 SATAN THE WASTER.
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A Philosophic War Trilogy with Notes & Introduction Vernon Lee. the Orchestra of Patriotism is engaged . But at other moments , my work lies more and more with Prejudice and Dullness . If boredom were not part of Satan's doom , I ...
A Philosophic War Trilogy with Notes & Introduction Vernon Lee. the Orchestra of Patriotism is engaged . But at other moments , my work lies more and more with Prejudice and Dullness . If boredom were not part of Satan's doom , I ...
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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