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Till his con- version he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gam- bled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he ...
Till his con- version he had led the ordinary life of the young man of good birth at that time ; he was somewhat vain of his appearance , he had wenched and gam- bled ; but at least on one occasion he had shown rare magnanimity and he ...
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Determinism tells us that choice follows the line of least resistance or the strongest motive . I am not conscious that I have always followed the line of least resistance , and if I have followed the strongest motive that motive has ...
Determinism tells us that choice follows the line of least resistance or the strongest motive . I am not conscious that I have always followed the line of least resistance , and if I have followed the strongest motive that motive has ...
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Not the least of the evils of life , and one for which there is small help , is that someone whom you love no longer loves you ; when La Rochefoucauld discovered that be- tween two lovers there is one who loves and one who lets himself ...
Not the least of the evils of life , and one for which there is small help , is that someone whom you love no longer loves you ; when La Rochefoucauld discovered that be- tween two lovers there is one who loves and one who lets himself ...
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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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