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" We are flung by the indifferent law of the universe into a life that we cannot order as we would ; we are ravaged by injustice, by sickness and sorrow, by fire and blood. Even the happiest must die. In his own home he is but on a visit. He never knows... "
The Great Hunger - Page 325
by Johan Bojer - 1919 - 328 pages
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The Great Hunger

Johan Bojer - 1919 - 330 pages
...means to him not only all that he v as, but a world of struggle and passion before he can bring Ms soul to make that gift. Do you think that is nothing?...happiest must die. In his own home he is but on a visit. He never knows but that he may be gone tomorrow. And yet man smiles and laughs in the face of...
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Johan Bojer, the Man and His Works

Carl Gad - 1920 - 272 pages
...law of nature we are thrust into a life we ourselves have no control over, we are ravaged by evil, by sickness and sorrow, by fire and blood. Even the happiest must die. In one's own home one is only on a visit. One never knows but what he may be off and away in the morning....
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The Philosophy of Fiction

Grant Martin Overton - 1928 - 392 pages
.... . . Therefore I went out out and sowed the corn in my enemy's field, that God might exist. . . . We are flung by the indifferent law of the universe...injustice, by sickness and sorrow, by fire and blood. . . . And yet man smiles and laughs in the face of his tragic fate. In the midst of his thralldom he...
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