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For the creative impulse hath a compelling force of its own , which obliges a man to think almost exclusively of the thing he is engaged in creating . In the case of a poet it is the poem itself : for the composer it is the harmony of ...
For the creative impulse hath a compelling force of its own , which obliges a man to think almost exclusively of the thing he is engaged in creating . In the case of a poet it is the poem itself : for the composer it is the harmony of ...
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( and here lies the great value of the limited ' form ) we are able to control the amount of force we shall ' have to encounter ' -a statement which contains the implication that in those favourable circumstances we ourselves can employ ...
( and here lies the great value of the limited ' form ) we are able to control the amount of force we shall ' have to encounter ' -a statement which contains the implication that in those favourable circumstances we ourselves can employ ...
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This limitation of the hostile force to be encountered lay not in the form of war Japan chose to wage but in the carrying capacity of the Siberian railway . The steel ribbon which linked Kuropatkin's army to the heart of Russia ...
This limitation of the hostile force to be encountered lay not in the form of war Japan chose to wage but in the carrying capacity of the Siberian railway . The steel ribbon which linked Kuropatkin's army to the heart of Russia ...
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1 The Science of War By the late Colonel G F | 1 |
Constable and Co 1908 | 31 |
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