This book has much of the modern sense of the individual being at a
loss, but a partial answer comes from the inexhaustible freshness and
splendor of the environment, a possession that can come back to us
equally from some idea of Petra or Nineveh or from a roadside ditch by a
mill."
Originally published in 1986.
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technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from
the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions
preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting
them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the
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