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In recent years , as everyone knows who has had to do with the casting of plays , the competition of New York and of the pictures both in England and America has made it more than ever difficult to get the right person for a certain ...
In recent years , as everyone knows who has had to do with the casting of plays , the competition of New York and of the pictures both in England and America has made it more than ever difficult to get the right person for a certain ...
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It would be difficult to find on the Eng- lish stage a more competent , intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was conscious that the audience were not seeing anything like what I ...
It would be difficult to find on the Eng- lish stage a more competent , intelligent and versatile actor . On the other hand , I have had plays produced in which I was conscious that the audience were not seeing anything like what I ...
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It is not very difficult to forgive other people their sins . When you put yourself into their shoes it is generally easy to see what has caused them to do things they should not have done and excuses can be found for them .
It is not very difficult to forgive other people their sins . When you put yourself into their shoes it is generally easy to see what has caused them to do things they should not have done and excuses can be found for them .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | W. Heinemann, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Mar 2008 |
| ISBN | 0434456101, 9780434456109 |
| Length | 317 pages |
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