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... Nature over man's puny handi- work . If one were middle class , one built a villa , called Idle Hour , or The Hermitage ; at the very least , one took country walks , or dreamed of a superb adventurous manhood in Amer- ica . In the mind ...
... Nature over man's puny handi- work . If one were middle class , one built a villa , called Idle Hour , or The Hermitage ; at the very least , one took country walks , or dreamed of a superb adventurous manhood in Amer- ica . In the mind ...
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... Nature almost in- evitably becomes dominant in the mind when the powers of man himself to mold his fortunes and make over his institu- tions seem feeble - when , in order to exist at all , it is necessary to accept the wilderness of Nature ...
... Nature almost in- evitably becomes dominant in the mind when the powers of man himself to mold his fortunes and make over his institu- tions seem feeble - when , in order to exist at all , it is necessary to accept the wilderness of Nature ...
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... nature . One remembers that the original sense of " pagan " was " country - dweller " because the worship of the old ... nature as do the flowers and birds and trees . Notice the opening of the second stanza : Rise ; and put on your ...
... nature . One remembers that the original sense of " pagan " was " country - dweller " because the worship of the old ... nature as do the flowers and birds and trees . Notice the opening of the second stanza : Rise ; and put on your ...
Contents
Introductory Comment | 3 |
When Conan Doyle Was Sherlock Holmes JOHN DICKSON CARR | 11 |
New England Xanadu SIGMUND DIAMOND | 32 |
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