Speaking of Books and LifeHolt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966 - 279 Seiten Contains 125 of the 900 columns the author produced for the New York Times. |
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... stands on much more tangible ground . He has trained himself to see and to convey what is visible to the eye , and if his attempt is honest , he stands a better chance of achieving truth than the writer , who is always being waylaid by ...
... stands on much more tangible ground . He has trained himself to see and to convey what is visible to the eye , and if his attempt is honest , he stands a better chance of achieving truth than the writer , who is always being waylaid by ...
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... stand in dread of the very forces over which he had assumed control . Yet that is where he stands today , in the age of atomic fission . One of the most reassuring aspects of Nature in man's experience had always been the rhythms which ...
... stand in dread of the very forces over which he had assumed control . Yet that is where he stands today , in the age of atomic fission . One of the most reassuring aspects of Nature in man's experience had always been the rhythms which ...
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... stands for enjoyment , as the major novelists stand for a new conception of man and history . ” The words " major " and " minor " are slippery and unsatisfactory tools . As commonly employed , I find them somehow irritating be- cause ...
... stands for enjoyment , as the major novelists stand for a new conception of man and history . ” The words " major " and " minor " are slippery and unsatisfactory tools . As commonly employed , I find them somehow irritating be- cause ...
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Foreword 37 | 3 |
Truth Isnt Always Stranger | 7 |
The Proper Study of Mankind | 41 |
Urheberrecht | |
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