In Search of Stability: The Poetry of William CowperBookman Associates, 1960 - 189 pages |
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... relation to the rest of the world in an attempt to discover whether any one category encloses him most , whether he is a shaky synthesis of all , or whether he is something else completely . Besides his com- ments on his own situation ...
... relation to the rest of the world in an attempt to discover whether any one category encloses him most , whether he is a shaky synthesis of all , or whether he is something else completely . Besides his com- ments on his own situation ...
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... relation to the individual , he fears it and attempts to placate it . If the good man is not violently attacked , he is at least scorned : by kindness within his sphere , the contemplative man ยท recompenses well The state , beneath the ...
... relation to the individual , he fears it and attempts to placate it . If the good man is not violently attacked , he is at least scorned : by kindness within his sphere , the contemplative man ยท recompenses well The state , beneath the ...
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... relationship with God which will be close but not close enough to expose him to destruction , so he seeks a similar relationship with man . Again his attitude is paradoxical . Convinced of his uniqueness , of his foreign- ness within ...
... relationship with God which will be close but not close enough to expose him to destruction , so he seeks a similar relationship with man . Again his attitude is paradoxical . Convinced of his uniqueness , of his foreign- ness within ...
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