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Experience has shown that the prevalence of a belief , no matter for how long it has been held , is no guarantee of its truth . It appears , then , that none of the argu- ments for the existence of God is valid .
Experience has shown that the prevalence of a belief , no matter for how long it has been held , is no guarantee of its truth . It appears , then , that none of the argu- ments for the existence of God is valid .
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Death is inevitable and it does not much matter how one meets it . I do not think one can be blamed if one hopes that one will not be aware of its imminence and be fortunate enough to undergo it without pain .
Death is inevitable and it does not much matter how one meets it . I do not think one can be blamed if one hopes that one will not be aware of its imminence and be fortunate enough to undergo it without pain .
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People are very hypocritical in this matter and will not face the truth . They so deceive themselves that they can accept it with complacency when their love dwindles into what they describe as a solid and enduring affection .
People are very hypocritical in this matter and will not face the truth . They so deceive themselves that they can accept it with complacency when their love dwindles into what they describe as a solid and enduring affection .
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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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