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Page 91
... of literary composition . One does not always want to be reading to the profit of one's soul and there is no pleasanter way of idling away an hour or two than reading a volume of criticism . It is [ 91 ] THE SUMMING UP xxvi ...
... of literary composition . One does not always want to be reading to the profit of one's soul and there is no pleasanter way of idling away an hour or two than reading a volume of criticism . It is [ 91 ] THE SUMMING UP xxvi ...
Page 118
... soul to mammon ; and the intelligentsia , of which I had been a modest but respected member , not only turned a cold shoulder on me , that would have been bad enough , but flung me , like Lucifer , headlong into the bottomless pit . I ...
... soul to mammon ; and the intelligentsia , of which I had been a modest but respected member , not only turned a cold shoulder on me , that would have been bad enough , but flung me , like Lucifer , headlong into the bottomless pit . I ...
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... soul to- gether . It is forced upon him still in countries with a small reading public ; he must eke out his livelihood by work in an office , preferably under the govern- ment , or by journalism . But the English - speaking writer has ...
... soul to- gether . It is forced upon him still in countries with a small reading public ; he must eke out his livelihood by work in an office , preferably under the govern- ment , or by journalism . But the English - speaking writer has ...
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