Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 33
... imagination and to appreciate to the full the delight of getting in touch with the past , frequent visits to museums and libraries are very necessary , so that one may actually see with one's own eyes the arms and armour , the domestic ...
... imagination and to appreciate to the full the delight of getting in touch with the past , frequent visits to museums and libraries are very necessary , so that one may actually see with one's own eyes the arms and armour , the domestic ...
Page 46
... imagination , and of many of the most glorious ideals of beauty that are the light and joy of an other- wise gloomy world . The man , therefore , who wishes to gain a broad culture must not by any means ignore art . Fortunate is he if ...
... imagination , and of many of the most glorious ideals of beauty that are the light and joy of an other- wise gloomy world . The man , therefore , who wishes to gain a broad culture must not by any means ignore art . Fortunate is he if ...
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... imagination which is in danger of extinction . In Days of Old In the older and simpler days the world had a thousand thousand beauties which are no longer . The earth , the air , the sky , were filled with spirits bred of bright fancy ...
... imagination which is in danger of extinction . In Days of Old In the older and simpler days the world had a thousand thousand beauties which are no longer . The earth , the air , the sky , were filled with spirits bred of bright fancy ...
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