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But words are tyran- nical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
But words are tyran- nical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will not pay attention to these , you cannot pay attention at all . Your mind wanders . This kind of writing demands a subject that will suit it .
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... and keeps you attached to them till he has reached his solution . If he lets you wander from the main point it is very likely that he will never recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in [ 123 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... and keeps you attached to them till he has reached his solution . If he lets you wander from the main point it is very likely that he will never recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in [ 123 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to ...
recapture your attention . It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the persons whom the playwright introduces at the be- ginning of his play so firmly that if the interest is then switched off to ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary guild of America, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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