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... face . There was no appearance of concentration , no furrowing of the brow - only a placid inner communion . The minutes would pass , and then suddenly Einstein would stop pacing as his face relaxed into a gentle smile . He had found ...
... face . There was no appearance of concentration , no furrowing of the brow - only a placid inner communion . The minutes would pass , and then suddenly Einstein would stop pacing as his face relaxed into a gentle smile . He had found ...
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... face of a murder victim . No one will ever know his name . It is enough to know that 2000 years ago he was as human as ourselves . That face has moved men and women to poetry , and to tears . Last summer I journeyed to the lake - girt ...
... face of a murder victim . No one will ever know his name . It is enough to know that 2000 years ago he was as human as ourselves . That face has moved men and women to poetry , and to tears . Last summer I journeyed to the lake - girt ...
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... face - conscious . There were some good faces , particularly among the young . Several of the middle - aged and the old looked healthy and well - preserved . But the damaged and decayed faces were in the majority . I saw faces that were ...
... face - conscious . There were some good faces , particularly among the young . Several of the middle - aged and the old looked healthy and well - preserved . But the damaged and decayed faces were in the majority . I saw faces that were ...
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