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... society only for himself and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance . " So he may " sit down and laugh at the world , and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it . " 23 The pain behind the forced jocularity is ...
... society only for himself and such society the world lets me enjoy in great abundance . " So he may " sit down and laugh at the world , and at myself — the most ridiculous object in it . " 23 The pain behind the forced jocularity is ...
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... society in which , of all others , a wise man might be most foolish , without incurring any danger of contempt " ( 3 : 416 ) . Such " follies of the wise " are sanctioned by a strong classical and Renaissance tradition , in which ...
... society in which , of all others , a wise man might be most foolish , without incurring any danger of contempt " ( 3 : 416 ) . Such " follies of the wise " are sanctioned by a strong classical and Renaissance tradition , in which ...
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... society presented in the later part of " The Traveller . " The British set too high a value on freedom , exalting it at the expense of so- cial unity and the ties of honor and love . The vaunted independence of these " lordlings " -the ...
... society presented in the later part of " The Traveller . " The British set too high a value on freedom , exalting it at the expense of so- cial unity and the ties of honor and love . The vaunted independence of these " lordlings " -the ...
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