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Page 136
... universe , and begin to consider Einstein's plane - of - reference business , which is all very nice , but entirely too technical for a goldfish . Then , tired of circulating , Wool- worth stops suddenly , half reclines upon the pebbles ...
... universe , and begin to consider Einstein's plane - of - reference business , which is all very nice , but entirely too technical for a goldfish . Then , tired of circulating , Wool- worth stops suddenly , half reclines upon the pebbles ...
Page 166
... universe ! ' Even though she was just come from the less gaudy defiles of an Eastern city , she need not have felt so incredu- lous a wonder at nature's lavishness . For nature had been lavish with Mrs. Ridgely's own person , staining ...
... universe ! ' Even though she was just come from the less gaudy defiles of an Eastern city , she need not have felt so incredu- lous a wonder at nature's lavishness . For nature had been lavish with Mrs. Ridgely's own person , staining ...
Page 168
... universe was friendly ; but men had found an- swers to the pain of such questioning . In the wilderness many men had found peace , or at least they had found their own peace ; and perhaps , Martha felt , in the wilderness she might find ...
... universe was friendly ; but men had found an- swers to the pain of such questioning . In the wilderness many men had found peace , or at least they had found their own peace ; and perhaps , Martha felt , in the wilderness she might find ...
Page 190
... universe which itself exhibits no such qualities as these . Although man would fain project a humanity and a teleology upon Nature and thus make her intel- ligible , would fain make her yield some support for his emotions , his morality ...
... universe which itself exhibits no such qualities as these . Although man would fain project a humanity and a teleology upon Nature and thus make her intel- ligible , would fain make her yield some support for his emotions , his morality ...
Page 191
... universe . Let him who will envy the amoral contentedness of the animals . They have paid their price for it and they have their reward . All the thoughts of the turtle are turtle . ' Healthy - minded human beings , however , prefer to ...
... universe . Let him who will envy the amoral contentedness of the animals . They have paid their price for it and they have their reward . All the thoughts of the turtle are turtle . ' Healthy - minded human beings , however , prefer to ...
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