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Page 41
... sense of self , a name ) . History might then be defined as an episode of personal self - definition , of egoism in the proper sense , between much longer pre- and post - historical eras of collective being . Such collectivity would ...
... sense of self , a name ) . History might then be defined as an episode of personal self - definition , of egoism in the proper sense , between much longer pre- and post - historical eras of collective being . Such collectivity would ...
Page 144
... sense , and no - one ends up with much sense of satisfaction . ' Sensible men usually reach sensible conclusions ' , remarks Crawford , the Master ( whose election had been the subject of The Masters ) , after the final decision , and ...
... sense , and no - one ends up with much sense of satisfaction . ' Sensible men usually reach sensible conclusions ' , remarks Crawford , the Master ( whose election had been the subject of The Masters ) , after the final decision , and ...
Page 145
... sense of himself as an outsider , looking aspiringly at the sym- bols of power , riches and sexual success . At one point in The New Men he seems to project these feelings onto a younger man , the scientist Luke : Perhaps he would never ...
... sense of himself as an outsider , looking aspiringly at the sym- bols of power , riches and sexual success . At one point in The New Men he seems to project these feelings onto a younger man , the scientist Luke : Perhaps he would never ...
Contents
Preface | 7 |
Character and Liberalism | 35 |
The Ideology of Being English | 56 |
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