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... Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific ” kind of observation the human mind is capable of . I should like to suggest ...
... Perhaps one should call the sort of experience I have been talking about " poetic " to distinguish it from the more objec- tive , detached , " scientific ” kind of observation the human mind is capable of . I should like to suggest ...
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... perhaps not men at all . There are uses and pleasures in “ seconds , ” and in returns , as well as in " firsts . " The pleasures may be quite as rewarding , only different in kind . It is about these rewards of seconds less regarded , ...
... perhaps not men at all . There are uses and pleasures in “ seconds , ” and in returns , as well as in " firsts . " The pleasures may be quite as rewarding , only different in kind . It is about these rewards of seconds less regarded , ...
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... perhaps , the quite remarkable Saint Eugenia . But it wouild be a pity to lose from the inherited riches of our imaginations Saint Jerome's faithful lion , Saint Anthony's tempting centaur , Saint Brendan's marvel- ous voyaging , and ...
... perhaps , the quite remarkable Saint Eugenia . But it wouild be a pity to lose from the inherited riches of our imaginations Saint Jerome's faithful lion , Saint Anthony's tempting centaur , Saint Brendan's marvel- ous voyaging , and ...
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