The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 148Atlantic Monthly Company, 1931 - American essays |
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Page 77
... reason , and that if it is to put in a word for itself it must speak through the qualities of this mysterious agent we call experi- ence . In the last analysis it seems as though we must live because we want to . Religions and ...
... reason , and that if it is to put in a word for itself it must speak through the qualities of this mysterious agent we call experi- ence . In the last analysis it seems as though we must live because we want to . Religions and ...
Page 80
... reason has over mere animal instinct , and how blind is our love of life that will shut its eyes to the travail of the whole earth to dote like a country lout on some trivial stupidity . Of course this is true . We are all bound to ...
... reason has over mere animal instinct , and how blind is our love of life that will shut its eyes to the travail of the whole earth to dote like a country lout on some trivial stupidity . Of course this is true . We are all bound to ...
Page 81
... reason and fails to understand why advancing years should reconcile it to a world the wrongs of which are great and slow to diminish . Experience re- moves this bewilderment in many ways . It turns some of the ferment of self ...
... reason and fails to understand why advancing years should reconcile it to a world the wrongs of which are great and slow to diminish . Experience re- moves this bewilderment in many ways . It turns some of the ferment of self ...
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