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Page 297
... modern metropolis finds it more and more difficult to take idealistic flight into remote places . World travel has dimmed the romantic glow of geo- graphic distance . Unassailable human experience has discredited the illusion of social ...
... modern metropolis finds it more and more difficult to take idealistic flight into remote places . World travel has dimmed the romantic glow of geo- graphic distance . Unassailable human experience has discredited the illusion of social ...
Page 408
... modern ' business . I have a right to take it , be- cause nobody suffers from it more than I do . Whenever I bring out a novel , one set of persons goes about crying , ' Oh , there's nothing in that fellow , Priestley . He's not a modern ...
... modern ' business . I have a right to take it , be- cause nobody suffers from it more than I do . Whenever I bring out a novel , one set of persons goes about crying , ' Oh , there's nothing in that fellow , Priestley . He's not a modern ...
Page 409
... modern never give any reason for this statement , nor do they offer any comparisons ; they merely say ' not modern ' as a man might say ' not a Boojum , ' and then leave it at that . But I propose to give reasons , to offer comparisons ...
... modern never give any reason for this statement , nor do they offer any comparisons ; they merely say ' not modern ' as a man might say ' not a Boojum , ' and then leave it at that . But I propose to give reasons , to offer comparisons ...
Contents
BRITAIN LOOKS AHEAD | 10 |
Nikolaus Basseches | 20 |
Russia Present and Future Nikolaus | 21 |
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