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Page xxv
... decent shame of marring the self- sacrifice of others by the least suggestion of its being misplaced . There is , more potent still , that strange human instinct of meeting any inexorable demand for sacrifice - sacrifice of self , of ...
... decent shame of marring the self- sacrifice of others by the least suggestion of its being misplaced . There is , more potent still , that strange human instinct of meeting any inexorable demand for sacrifice - sacrifice of self , of ...
Page xliii
... steps , terrible no doubt , and tragic , but decent , edifying , nay sacramentally purifying alike to devout performers and spectators . But although these disappointed idealists are already expatiating INTRODUCTION xliii.
... steps , terrible no doubt , and tragic , but decent , edifying , nay sacramentally purifying alike to devout performers and spectators . But although these disappointed idealists are already expatiating INTRODUCTION xliii.
Page xlvii
... decent modern disguise ( perhaps as one of those idealistic guardian angels who rush in nowadays wherever fools have not feared to tread ) may make him pass muster yet awhile ; and adds that the serious danger to the prospects of his ...
... decent modern disguise ( perhaps as one of those idealistic guardian angels who rush in nowadays wherever fools have not feared to tread ) may make him pass muster yet awhile ; and adds that the serious danger to the prospects of his ...
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... decent names ; yet at the same time wielding , thanks to some dozen men of genius . . SATAN . Waste of genius ! Waste of science ! There you have a trifling sample of my sport ! THE MUSE ( not to be interrupted ) -wielding , as I said ...
... decent names ; yet at the same time wielding , thanks to some dozen men of genius . . SATAN . Waste of genius ! Waste of science ! There you have a trifling sample of my sport ! THE MUSE ( not to be interrupted ) -wielding , as I said ...
Page 89
... decent mind can bear to contemplate . Still , one can't help sometimes just thinking how delightfully peaceful it would be if only one had made an end of it all . THE USUAL STATESMAN . Do you mean - ahem ! -made an end to them ? THE ...
... decent mind can bear to contemplate . Still , one can't help sometimes just thinking how delightfully peaceful it would be if only one had made an end of it all . THE USUAL STATESMAN . Do you mean - ahem ! -made an end to them ? THE ...
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2ND VOICE Adventure Adversary æsthetic AGES-TO-COME altruism Ballet Master Death become belief belligerent Bertrand Russell Brachycephalous Brobdingnag Cæsarea called cinema shows creatures dance dangerous dear Clio decent Delusion and Confusion desire emotional enemy evil existence eyes fact feeling friends future German Gog and Magog gramophone wheezes habits hand happens harmonium Hatred hence Heroism honour horror human Idealism implies Indignation individual IST VOICE Justice kind larning less look Lord Satan man's mankind means merely mind moral moralists moreover Muse of History Nations nature neighbours never once one's Orchestra ourselves passions Patriotism peace perhaps persons play poor preference present qualities Reality reason recognize religion require result Romain Rolland sacrifice self-sacrifice sense side soul spiritual suffering sure Themistocles things thought tion truth turn war's Waste Waster Widow Fear words writing