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I could not discover in the eminent states- men I met there any marked capacity . I concluded , perhaps rashly , that no great degree of intelligence was needed to rule a nation . Since then I have known in various countries a good many ...
I could not discover in the eminent states- men I met there any marked capacity . I concluded , perhaps rashly , that no great degree of intelligence was needed to rule a nation . Since then I have known in various countries a good many ...
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Fools can always be found to discover a hidden sense in them . There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness . The author wraps his meaning in mystery so that the vulgar shall not participate ...
Fools can always be found to discover a hidden sense in them . There is another form of wilful obscurity that masquerades as aristocratic exclusiveness . The author wraps his meaning in mystery so that the vulgar shall not participate ...
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I take the goodness of the good for granted and I am amused when I discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness .
I take the goodness of the good for granted and I am amused when I discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness .
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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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