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Page xxvi
... existence except in other persons . I allude to that modicum of self- satisfaction and sense of consistent self - identity which , to the normal man or woman , are as requisite for daily existence as their portions of standing - room ...
... existence except in other persons . I allude to that modicum of self- satisfaction and sense of consistent self - identity which , to the normal man or woman , are as requisite for daily existence as their portions of standing - room ...
Page xxxvii
... existence in Reality ; and however much we may overlook whatever does not appeal to us as a means to our ends , these disregarded sides continue none the less to act and set up reaction . We think of the Fruits of Victory ; granted that ...
... existence in Reality ; and however much we may overlook whatever does not appeal to us as a means to our ends , these disregarded sides continue none the less to act and set up reaction . We think of the Fruits of Victory ; granted that ...
Page xxxviii
... existence , let alone the satisfaction of those very needs and passions which often distort and always restrict our vision of reality , depends upon the lucid recognition or the intuitive , inherited acceptance of this surrounding ...
... existence , let alone the satisfaction of those very needs and passions which often distort and always restrict our vision of reality , depends upon the lucid recognition or the intuitive , inherited acceptance of this surrounding ...
Page xli
... existence . Whatever has survived from hundreds , perhaps thousands , of years ago , seems as natural , and a great deal less astonishing than do the labour- multiplying , the time - and - space - overcoming mechanisms which change from ...
... existence . Whatever has survived from hundreds , perhaps thousands , of years ago , seems as natural , and a great deal less astonishing than do the labour- multiplying , the time - and - space - overcoming mechanisms which change from ...
Page xlv
... existence either through spiritual inertia or by the need for self - respect which makes us often more loyal to our mistakes than to our standards and ideals . They are war's unrecognized offspring , begotten on the most real part of ...
... existence either through spiritual inertia or by the need for self - respect which makes us often more loyal to our mistakes than to our standards and ideals . They are war's unrecognized offspring , begotten on the most real part of ...
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