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Page viii
... realities , which the Waster of All Kinds of Virtue revealed as a favour to the 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 ...
... realities , which the Waster of All Kinds of Virtue revealed as a favour to the 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 ...
Page ix
... Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever philosophy of life my own life and my studies of professional philosophers had left me with to face the cataclysm ...
... Realities . So I found myself writing the prologue as an explanation , put into the mouth of Satan himself , of whatever philosophy of life my own life and my studies of professional philosophers had left me with to face the cataclysm ...
Page xi
... reality has shown itself to be once war had ploughed up its thin specious surface . Yes , indeed ; this crop of thoughts for which war's ravages have made room , and which war's abominations have so richly manured , is rank and harsh ...
... reality has shown itself to be once war had ploughed up its thin specious surface . Yes , indeed ; this crop of thoughts for which war's ravages have made room , and which war's abominations have so richly manured , is rank and harsh ...
Page xx
... realities of the case ; and in so far prevented their taking the steps towards peace which those unperceived realities demanded . Since , such at least is my contention , the long duration of this war has resulted less from its hitherto ...
... realities of the case ; and in so far prevented their taking the steps towards peace which those unperceived realities demanded . Since , such at least is my contention , the long duration of this war has resulted less from its hitherto ...
Page xxi
... realities unrecognized during the war is what was happening among all those peoples before they were in . I mean in the years when war , instead of overwhelming and transforming all their thoughts with its immediate risks and agonies ...
... realities unrecognized during the war is what was happening among all those peoples before they were in . I mean in the years when war , instead of overwhelming and transforming all their thoughts with its immediate risks and agonies ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary ęsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cęsarea 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