The Modern Temper: A Study and a Confession"A study of the various tendencies in contemporary thought and a confession of the mood which submission to these tendencies has engendered.". |
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... achieve , if he achieve them at all , in her despite . Formerly he had believed in even his darkest mo- ments that the universe was rational if he could only grasp its rationality , but gradually he comes to sus- pect that rationality ...
... achieve , if he achieve them at all , in her despite . Formerly he had believed in even his darkest mo- ments that the universe was rational if he could only grasp its rationality , but gradually he comes to sus- pect that rationality ...
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... achieve only the most momentary and unstable adjustments , what hope can there be for those whose spirit is a less pow- erful instrument ? And yet it is with such as he , baffled , but content with nothing which plays only upon the ...
... achieve only the most momentary and unstable adjustments , what hope can there be for those whose spirit is a less pow- erful instrument ? And yet it is with such as he , baffled , but content with nothing which plays only upon the ...
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... achieve completely the style which they are seeking to achieve , they play the rôles which they have chosen with flawless skill , and they conduct the action to a conclusion perfectly in accord with that scheme of justice which is not ...
... achieve completely the style which they are seeking to achieve , they play the rôles which they have chosen with flawless skill , and they conduct the action to a conclusion perfectly in accord with that scheme of justice which is not ...
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