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... beautiful and interesting materials of which life is composed ; and then they will judge , each of them for himself , how much of interest , grace and beauty life holds for him - and why . For myself , I do not believe much in any set ...
... beautiful and interesting materials of which life is composed ; and then they will judge , each of them for himself , how much of interest , grace and beauty life holds for him - and why . For myself , I do not believe much in any set ...
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... Beautiful , they sought in Art the means of embodying their passionate conceptions ; you have devoted your energies to utility . ... Yet , amid the toils and triumphs of your scientific in- dustries , upon you there comes the ...
... Beautiful , they sought in Art the means of embodying their passionate conceptions ; you have devoted your energies to utility . ... Yet , amid the toils and triumphs of your scientific in- dustries , upon you there comes the ...
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... beautiful idea necessarily finds its expression in beautiful language : The moan of doves in immemorial elms And murmuring of innumerable bees . ' That is not something that could have been said in twenty different ways . It could not ...
... beautiful idea necessarily finds its expression in beautiful language : The moan of doves in immemorial elms And murmuring of innumerable bees . ' That is not something that could have been said in twenty different ways . It could not ...
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Foreword page | 1 |
Books and Their Uses | 15 |
Memoirs and Biographies | 41 |
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