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
... death might he find wisdom in her purity . This was good reason that a philosopher should welcome death , but was it equally good reason , as Socrates appeared to believe , that a man , while liv- ing , should struggle continually to ...
... death might he find wisdom in her purity . This was good reason that a philosopher should welcome death , but was it equally good reason , as Socrates appeared to believe , that a man , while liv- ing , should struggle continually to ...
Page 186
... death of the one absolute assurance , the faith of all men's childhood . But now , with that death in their hearts , all Englishmen are one . The disaster is irretrievable ; by a miracle it shall be re- trieved . That spirit , which ...
... death of the one absolute assurance , the faith of all men's childhood . But now , with that death in their hearts , all Englishmen are one . The disaster is irretrievable ; by a miracle it shall be re- trieved . That spirit , which ...
Page 237
... death's com- passionate trumpet , is a supreme release from all claims . These sanctuaries of art and nature , these profound and vital illusions which , like the illusion of death itself , are preludes to rebirth , are necessary to ...
... death's com- passionate trumpet , is a supreme release from all claims . These sanctuaries of art and nature , these profound and vital illusions which , like the illusion of death itself , are preludes to rebirth , are necessary to ...
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