The FountainThe text is a novel set in Holland during the first World War. The main characters are a British officer, a Dutch aristocrat and his British stepdaughter who is married to a German officer. It was a winner of the 1932 Hawthornden Prize. |
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Page 115
... body— " to live as nearly as he can in a state of death ? " For if sepa- ration of soul from body was impossible in this world , as Socrates himself allowed , would not the body , crying out against the stress of attempted separation ...
... body— " to live as nearly as he can in a state of death ? " For if sepa- ration of soul from body was impossible in this world , as Socrates himself allowed , would not the body , crying out against the stress of attempted separation ...
Page 116
... body having such a cloud of meaning attached to them as darkens their use . Words are elastic symbols ; they yield ... body ; the dwelling in her own place alone , as in another life , so also in this as far as she can . " That last ...
... body having such a cloud of meaning attached to them as darkens their use . Words are elastic symbols ; they yield ... body ; the dwelling in her own place alone , as in another life , so also in this as far as she can . " That last ...
Page 117
... body are in opposition . Is it not possible , he asked himself as he lay in darkness , that the body is an instrument of the soul , not merely a limi- tation upon it that we must study to outgrow ? Is human love a limitation upon the ...
... body are in opposition . Is it not possible , he asked himself as he lay in darkness , that the body is an instrument of the soul , not merely a limi- tation upon it that we must study to outgrow ? Is human love a limitation upon the ...
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