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Page 53
... close of the essay in which Eiseley uses the metaphor of man as a spider at the center of his web , he returns to the metaphor of listening . Man , “ the self - fabricator , ” he says , surely did not come across an ice age to see in ...
... close of the essay in which Eiseley uses the metaphor of man as a spider at the center of his web , he returns to the metaphor of listening . Man , “ the self - fabricator , ” he says , surely did not come across an ice age to see in ...
Page 82
... thing . This , then , is the look of things around Oatman . The town has a past therefore a " history " very close to the present . The people in the town live in abandoned miners ' - - in a houses or in new ones often.
... thing . This , then , is the look of things around Oatman . The town has a past therefore a " history " very close to the present . The people in the town live in abandoned miners ' - - in a houses or in new ones often.
Page 100
... Close to shore , above the surfs edge and at about my eye level on the cliff , several small flocks of curlews went by , flying south in close formation with great speed and purpose . Unseen , the plants and animals of the pools on the ...
... Close to shore , above the surfs edge and at about my eye level on the cliff , several small flocks of curlews went by , flying south in close formation with great speed and purpose . Unseen , the plants and animals of the pools on the ...
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