The Borzoi College ReaderCharles Muscatine, Marlene Griffith |
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Page 41
... fear is a thing which a scholar by his very function puts behind him . Fear always springs from ignorance . It is a shame to him if his tranquillity , amid dangerous times , arise from the presumption that like children and women his is ...
... fear is a thing which a scholar by his very function puts behind him . Fear always springs from ignorance . It is a shame to him if his tranquillity , amid dangerous times , arise from the presumption that like children and women his is ...
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... fear of being sexually repulsive . In vodka and whisky we are not buying a protoplasmic poison which , in small doses , may depress the nervous system in a psychologically valuable way ; we are buying friendliness and good fellowship ...
... fear of being sexually repulsive . In vodka and whisky we are not buying a protoplasmic poison which , in small doses , may depress the nervous system in a psychologically valuable way ; we are buying friendliness and good fellowship ...
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... fear that is imposed on the condemned for months or years2 is a punishment more terrible than death , and one that was not imposed on the victim . Even in the fright caused by the mortal violence being done to him , most of the time the ...
... fear that is imposed on the condemned for months or years2 is a punishment more terrible than death , and one that was not imposed on the victim . Even in the fright caused by the mortal violence being done to him , most of the time the ...
Contents
THE NECESSITY FOR THINKING | 3 |
John Henry Newman | 43 |
THE RIGHT USE OF LANGUAGE | 57 |
Copyright | |
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