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... one's life and one's mind there were light and hope ; by 1918 one had unconsciously accepted a perpetual public menace and darkness and had admitted into the privacy of one's mind or soul an iron fatalistic acquiescence in in- security ...
... one's life and one's mind there were light and hope ; by 1918 one had unconsciously accepted a perpetual public menace and darkness and had admitted into the privacy of one's mind or soul an iron fatalistic acquiescence in in- security ...
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... one's way of living is the house in which one lives . The house determines the day - to - day , hour - to - hour , minute - to- minute quality , colour , atmosphere , pace of one's life ; it is the framework of what one does , of what ...
... one's way of living is the house in which one lives . The house determines the day - to - day , hour - to - hour , minute - to- minute quality , colour , atmosphere , pace of one's life ; it is the framework of what one does , of what ...
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... one's guard against oneself , to prevent one's previous beliefs and prejudices interfering with one's acceptance or rejection of facts and arguments . But still more necessary is it consciously to watch and thwart one's own instinctive ...
... one's guard against oneself , to prevent one's previous beliefs and prejudices interfering with one's acceptance or rejection of facts and arguments . But still more necessary is it consciously to watch and thwart one's own instinctive ...
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