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Recollections of a Nomad
… somewhat more varied than that most people have. You will come to understand that all people desire freedom, though … inclined to. Some people will risk their lives for, even die, for an idea of freedom. A few people even strive for … way of speaking, though he was passionate when making his points. He told me how he had left his teaching job in New …
Big In Osaka
… At the right time I’d say I was sorry his father had died. It was certain my father wouldn’t be there, but I still ran my eyes over the platform. He knew I was coming. So did my brother Billy, but on Friday night Billy … asked the driver. I didn’t answer. There were silver points of fear in his eyes. And he spoke no more. My …
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I Will End the Line of My Ancestors
… In California, the drought whispers to the water: Come back. The San Andreas Fault creases like the fate  line … drinking coffee,  opening her laptop and searching the same websites           for a job. I imagine her boiling sweet … Those days, my mother said she wanted           to die. The words always under her breath           but …
Immortality in Pawn
… era was recovered by the men of the renaissance, and the medieval world has been gradually revealed to those who come out of it, but these are not to be compared with the … ago remains to be seen. There are, however, two fundamentals of method pointing in that direction that have helped us …
Human Nature and World Peace
… to discourage all efforts to prevent it, but it has also made the recurrence of war doubly sure by giving it a … by continual fear and danger of violent death, man has been compelled, says Hobbes, to do what is wholly against his … most often made vocal in law-making, government-building bodies. There is, on the other hand, a less accessible body of …
After Imperialism—What?
… luxury of pursuing the Lilith of perfectionism. We must become practical and constructive. Under this changed focus … while concerned primarily with selfish gain, has also performed basic and urgently needed services, and that … refined than the European; and careful anthropological studies showed before long that even the most primitive tribes …
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