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Page 44
... human and the anti - human , because it takes place on the plane of comedy rather than on that of melo- drama . But Copperfield is not one of Dickens ' deepest books : it is something in the nature of a holiday . David is too candid and ...
... human and the anti - human , because it takes place on the plane of comedy rather than on that of melo- drama . But Copperfield is not one of Dickens ' deepest books : it is something in the nature of a holiday . David is too candid and ...
Page 179
... human life had been there , and he had led many others to share it - men who , unlike him , might equally well have been more or less amiably associating with their fellows in- stead of wiping out one another's cities . To encourage ...
... human life had been there , and he had led many others to share it - men who , unlike him , might equally well have been more or less amiably associating with their fellows in- stead of wiping out one another's cities . To encourage ...
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Edmund Wilson. that is sometimes felt by other human beings who seem to be sane . Let us hope that his moment is pass- ing . That his prestige as a contemporary prophet of human self - immolation to the forces that humanity generates ...
Edmund Wilson. that is sometimes felt by other human beings who seem to be sane . Let us hope that his moment is pass- ing . That his prestige as a contemporary prophet of human self - immolation to the forces that humanity generates ...
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