Knowledge is Power: A Guide to Personal CultureHutchinson, 1935 - 360 pages |
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Page 42
... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name ... things of no account . We must get face to face with the problems of life , and wrestle out their solution at all costs ...
... things unknown , the poet's pen Turns them to shape , and gives to airy nothing A local habitation and a name ... things of no account . We must get face to face with the problems of life , and wrestle out their solution at all costs ...
Page 81
... things . More valuable even than knowledge is thought- thought developed by meditation , by wrestlings in secret with some of the problems of life and the soul , by keen and patient observation of the little things as well as the big things ...
... things . More valuable even than knowledge is thought- thought developed by meditation , by wrestlings in secret with some of the problems of life and the soul , by keen and patient observation of the little things as well as the big things ...
Page 342
... things Sentiment called her own , and these things , cherished secretly by men and women , made men and women what they were , moved them to do what they did . Imagination and Sentiment come back to us in these days in plain prose and ...
... things Sentiment called her own , and these things , cherished secretly by men and women , made men and women what they were , moved them to do what they did . Imagination and Sentiment come back to us in these days in plain prose and ...
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