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Page 159
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and
fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a
religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions . When I got to ...
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and
fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a
religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions . When I got to ...
Page 177
It was the last thing I heard as I fell asleep at night , the first thing I heard when I
woke in the morning — the moment of silence , the heavy thud ; the moment of
silence , the heavy thud — the rhythm of the sea , the rhythm of Hambantota .
It was the last thing I heard as I fell asleep at night , the first thing I heard when I
woke in the morning — the moment of silence , the heavy thud ; the moment of
silence , the heavy thud — the rhythm of the sea , the rhythm of Hambantota .
Page 236
The whole thing was characteristic of village life in Ceylon 50 years ago . The
kernel of the trouble was 48 acres of land , the ownership of which was in dispute
between the villagers on one side and the Court interpreter of Tangalla on the ...
The whole thing was characteristic of village life in Ceylon 50 years ago . The
kernel of the trouble was 48 acres of land , the ownership of which was in dispute
between the villagers on one side and the Court interpreter of Tangalla on the ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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