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The medical profession did not interest me , but it gave me the chance of living in London and so gaining the experience of life that I hankered after . I entered St Thomas's Hospital in the autumn of 1892. I found the first two years ...
The medical profession did not interest me , but it gave me the chance of living in London and so gaining the experience of life that I hankered after . I entered St Thomas's Hospital in the autumn of 1892. I found the first two years ...
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The screen gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of ...
The screen gave that artificiality which verse had once given to drama so that a different standard of verisimilitude was set and improbability was acceptable if only it gave rise to situation . It gave the opportunity for all manner of ...
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And though I modified this extravagance later by including the beautiful life among the works of art that alone gave a meaning to life , it was still beauty that I valued . All these notions I have long since abandoned .
And though I modified this extravagance later by including the beautiful life among the works of art that alone gave a meaning to life , it was still beauty that I valued . All these notions I have long since abandoned .
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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