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Page 162
... delight at having a book accepted , to make a contract with me whereby I was to get no royalty at all till he had sold so many copies ; but he know how to push his wares and he sent my novel to a number of influential persons . It was ...
... delight at having a book accepted , to make a contract with me whereby I was to get no royalty at all till he had sold so many copies ; but he know how to push his wares and he sent my novel to a number of influential persons . It was ...
Page 187
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 309
... delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon ...
... delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon ...
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