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... follow both in the trappings of a play and in its themes . The invention of the telephone , for instance , has made many scenes redundant , has quickened the pace of plays and has made it possible to avoid certain improbabilities ...
... follow both in the trappings of a play and in its themes . The invention of the telephone , for instance , has made many scenes redundant , has quickened the pace of plays and has made it possible to avoid certain improbabilities ...
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... follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner . By the time I was twenty - four I had ... follows : a young king of the East , anxious on his ascent of the throne to rule his kingdom justly , sent for the ...
... follow your inclinations with due regard to the policeman round the corner . By the time I was twenty - four I had ... follows : a young king of the East , anxious on his ascent of the throne to rule his kingdom justly , sent for the ...
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... us happiness neither then nor in the future . What then is right action ? For my own part the best answer I know is that given by Fray Luis de Leon . To follow it does not look so difficult that human [ 309 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... us happiness neither then nor in the future . What then is right action ? For my own part the best answer I know is that given by Fray Luis de Leon . To follow it does not look so difficult that human [ 309 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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