The Summing UpThis book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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... matter of delicacy , since it may well lead to verbi- age . Here a knowledge of stage dialogue should help . An actor will sometimes say to an author : ' Couldn't you give me a word or two more in this speech ? It seems to take away all ...
... matter of delicacy , since it may well lead to verbi- age . Here a knowledge of stage dialogue should help . An actor will sometimes say to an author : ' Couldn't you give me a word or two more in this speech ? It seems to take away all ...
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... matter ; but river is jungle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . It does not seem impossible that ... matters . lxviii But the plain man's interest in philosophy is prac- tical . He wants to know what is the value of ...
... matter ; but river is jungle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . It does not seem impossible that ... matters . lxviii But the plain man's interest in philosophy is prac- tical . He wants to know what is the value of ...
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... matter then that he ever existed ? He will have been a chapter in the history of the uni- verse as pointless as the chapter in which is written the life stories of the strange monsters that inhab- ited the primæval earth . I must ask ...
... matter then that he ever existed ? He will have been a chapter in the history of the uni- verse as pointless as the chapter in which is written the life stories of the strange monsters that inhab- ited the primæval earth . I must ask ...
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