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The reason , of course , is different from the inadequacy of notation , for this difficulty lies in the human ear and memory . The chief difficulty is probably that the context of the original hearing has been lost .
The reason , of course , is different from the inadequacy of notation , for this difficulty lies in the human ear and memory . The chief difficulty is probably that the context of the original hearing has been lost .
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If we have not listened , what have we let him tell us , as only he could , about human experience ? How have we from his rich store of wisdom enlarged our own understanding of what men have suffered for , and lived by , and died for ...
If we have not listened , what have we let him tell us , as only he could , about human experience ? How have we from his rich store of wisdom enlarged our own understanding of what men have suffered for , and lived by , and died for ...
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He cannot do these things easily , or always completely , but even to wish to make the attempt is a capability of the human mind not to be lightly regarded , for by this effort the mind can travel abroad or backwards in time , and be ...
He cannot do these things easily , or always completely , but even to wish to make the attempt is a capability of the human mind not to be lightly regarded , for by this effort the mind can travel abroad or backwards in time , and be ...
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Contents
Something about Swans | 3 |
The Pleasures of Seconds | 21 |
Listening | 37 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Something about Swans: Essays |
| Author | Madeleine Doran |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University of Wisconsin Press, 1973 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0299061701, 9780299061708 |
| Length | 118 pages |
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