Reader's Companion: A Personal Anthology Selected for Re-readability from the Writers of 2000 Years for the Reader of TodayLouis Kronenberger Viking Press, 1945 - 731 Seiten |
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... become a pilot he cannot be unmanned by any danger a steamboat can get into ; but one cannot quite say the same for judgment . Judgment is a matter of brains , and a man must start with a good stock of that article or he will never ...
... become a pilot he cannot be unmanned by any danger a steamboat can get into ; but one cannot quite say the same for judgment . Judgment is a matter of brains , and a man must start with a good stock of that article or he will never ...
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... become spiteful , I did not know how to become anything : neither spiteful nor kind , neither a rascal nor an honest man , neither a hero nor an insect . Now , I am living out my life in my corner , taunting myself with the spiteful and ...
... become spiteful , I did not know how to become anything : neither spiteful nor kind , neither a rascal nor an honest man , neither a hero nor an insect . Now , I am living out my life in my corner , taunting myself with the spiteful and ...
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... become good and noble - are , in my opinion , so far , mere logical exercises ! Yes , logical ex- ercises . Why , to maintain this theory of the regenera- tion of mankind by means of the pursuit of his own advantage is to my mind almost ...
... become good and noble - are , in my opinion , so far , mere logical exercises ! Yes , logical ex- ercises . Why , to maintain this theory of the regenera- tion of mankind by means of the pursuit of his own advantage is to my mind almost ...
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THE DEATH OF SOCRATES | 1 |
ON THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 15 |
SELECTIONS from | 32 |
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