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Page 235
... nature who yet understood that a sane view of life is not a matter of com- promise , but as the mot juste , the phrase which shows neither weakness nor exaggeration , is the quest of the writer , so the sane opinion , the just action ...
... nature who yet understood that a sane view of life is not a matter of com- promise , but as the mot juste , the phrase which shows neither weakness nor exaggeration , is the quest of the writer , so the sane opinion , the just action ...
Page 609
... Nature might easily take a hint from the Scotchman , who , for the fuller expression of his musical and martial nature , has provided him- self with an extra lung which he carries under his arm . Indeed , I will venture to say that a ...
... Nature might easily take a hint from the Scotchman , who , for the fuller expression of his musical and martial nature , has provided him- self with an extra lung which he carries under his arm . Indeed , I will venture to say that a ...
Page 687
... nature . Control is the essence of scien- tific purpose . But the new psychology , calling itself a science , has supple- mented the decay of religion to rob us of control over human nature — that is , over our appetites . One solution ...
... nature . Control is the essence of scien- tific purpose . But the new psychology , calling itself a science , has supple- mented the decay of religion to rob us of control over human nature — that is , over our appetites . One solution ...
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