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He was apt to misjudge situations , and then , when things went amiss , to be a too quick despairer , a premature pessimist . A man of few beliefs needs , if he is not to prove ineffectual , a passionate energy of character— like ...
He was apt to misjudge situations , and then , when things went amiss , to be a too quick despairer , a premature pessimist . A man of few beliefs needs , if he is not to prove ineffectual , a passionate energy of character— like ...
Pagina 173
In fine , there are things about Chesterfield that seem to me rather repellent ; things that it is an offence in critics to defend . He is typical of one side of the eighteenth century - of what still seems to many its most typical side ...
In fine , there are things about Chesterfield that seem to me rather repellent ; things that it is an offence in critics to defend . He is typical of one side of the eighteenth century - of what still seems to many its most typical side ...
Pagina 341
Again , most scientists deal much less with people than with things ; but few things have the incalculable complexity of people . Sense may be the basis of science in the laboratory ; but science , unfortunately , seems no guarantee of ...
Again , most scientists deal much less with people than with things ; but few things have the incalculable complexity of people . Sense may be the basis of science in the laboratory ; but science , unfortunately , seems no guarantee of ...
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