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Page vii
... once written , I began to see its shallowness . Surely this visible performance was not the only one ; human affairs , although at times attaining the grandeur of tragedy , are , after all , of common , prosaic human quality and origin ...
... once written , I began to see its shallowness . Surely this visible performance was not the only one ; human affairs , although at times attaining the grandeur of tragedy , are , after all , of common , prosaic human quality and origin ...
Page viii
... once the per- formers had repaired their disarray ? Would Ballet Master Death recover from his drunken slumbers pillowed upon his weary , but ever faithful , follower the blind youth Heroism ? My first answer to myself was yes . For so ...
... once the per- formers had repaired their disarray ? Would Ballet Master Death recover from his drunken slumbers pillowed upon his weary , but ever faithful , follower the blind youth Heroism ? My first answer to myself was yes . For so ...
Page ix
... Once upon a time I wrote a volume of " moral essays under the title of Hortus Vita , the Garden of Life . There are , unfortunately , other gardens than that , notably the Garden of Death , Disorder and Ruin , called War . It also has ...
... Once upon a time I wrote a volume of " moral essays under the title of Hortus Vita , the Garden of Life . There are , unfortunately , other gardens than that , notably the Garden of Death , Disorder and Ruin , called War . It also has ...
Page xi
... 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 , sometimes nettle - stinging to ...
... 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 , sometimes nettle - stinging to ...
Page xiv
... once we get as far off as we now are from the Gallophobia of Burke and Nelson and even of Carlyle ; once we have moved on to a different here and to a different now , and can compare and discount temporary perspectives . But here and ...
... once we get as far off as we now are from the Gallophobia of Burke and Nelson and even of Carlyle ; once we have moved on to a different here and to a different now , and can compare and discount temporary perspectives . But here and ...
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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