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... ideas . The truth is , I think , that he is a considerable artist , but that his ideas - that is , his social philosophy proper - have always been confused and uncertain . As he has grown older and as the world has been shaken out of ...
... ideas . The truth is , I think , that he is a considerable artist , but that his ideas - that is , his social philosophy proper - have always been confused and uncertain . As he has grown older and as the world has been shaken out of ...
Page 187
... idea threadbare and turn it to the bitterness of death . " Here , in the final phrases , the balance of vowels and consonants , the assonance and allitera- tion , the progression from the long " e " s of " sweetest idea , " over which ...
... idea threadbare and turn it to the bitterness of death . " Here , in the final phrases , the balance of vowels and consonants , the assonance and allitera- tion , the progression from the long " e " s of " sweetest idea , " over which ...
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... ideas from men whom I regard as experts along certain lines , and then to try to work out those ideas . " Just as in his Autobi- ography one of the most impressive passages is that in which he explains that the " successes " he has ...
... ideas from men whom I regard as experts along certain lines , and then to try to work out those ideas . " Just as in his Autobi- ography one of the most impressive passages is that in which he explains that the " successes " he has ...
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