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Wisdom Grown Bitter

TOWARDS the end of the eighteenth century, Nicolas de Chamfort was in high reputation at the French Court. His most notable gift was for epigrammatic conversation. He was almost......

Some Books On Thinking

Mental Life. By Beatrice Edgell. (Methuen. .7s. 6d.) The Discovery of Intelligence. By Joseph K. Hart. (George The Riddle of Personality. By E. W. MacBride. (Heine- mann. 6s.)......