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We know that to listen discriminatingly to a bird's song - to hear its distinctive phrases and tones , to separate it from others , to fix it in memory — requires great attentiveness . In this attentive listening I think there is a more ...
We know that to listen discriminatingly to a bird's song - to hear its distinctive phrases and tones , to separate it from others , to fix it in memory — requires great attentiveness . In this attentive listening I think there is a more ...
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For the mind's ear to listen with such intentness and at the same time with detachment from self may be , I suppose , a first step towards mystical contemplation . Of that I do not wish to speak in ignorance .
For the mind's ear to listen with such intentness and at the same time with detachment from self may be , I suppose , a first step towards mystical contemplation . Of that I do not wish to speak in ignorance .
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Like the orb spider , man lies at the heart of it , listening . ... It is essential that he listen well and truly to his evolutionary past lest he determine a future for mankind which will be selfdefeating Such remote reaches of the ...
Like the orb spider , man lies at the heart of it , listening . ... It is essential that he listen well and truly to his evolutionary past lest he determine a future for mankind which will be selfdefeating Such remote reaches of the ...
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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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