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Page xi
... believe that the supreme end of life , as far as we can see it , is to produce immaterial things such as truth , beauty , justice . For our practical purposes , it is not necessary to know whether these things exist in the absolute ...
... believe that the supreme end of life , as far as we can see it , is to produce immaterial things such as truth , beauty , justice . For our practical purposes , it is not necessary to know whether these things exist in the absolute ...
Page xiv
... believe , —nay , I know - that the individual is only a fragment of the race , that it is the race that counts . The tree is the real thing and not its transi- tory leaves . Each of us is but a leaf from the human tree . Or better still ...
... believe , —nay , I know - that the individual is only a fragment of the race , that it is the race that counts . The tree is the real thing and not its transi- tory leaves . Each of us is but a leaf from the human tree . Or better still ...
Page 51
... believe any longer that a saint is more saintly for being unwashed and uncombed ; we do not believe any longer that a scientist who be- haves like a bull in a china closet is pardonable . " Noblesse oblige " applies to learning as well ...
... believe any longer that a saint is more saintly for being unwashed and uncombed ; we do not believe any longer that a scientist who be- haves like a bull in a china closet is pardonable . " Noblesse oblige " applies to learning as well ...
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