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Page 241
They all , and Locke too for the matter of that , wrote English that the student of style could do much worse than study . Before I start writing a novel I read Candide over again so that I may have in the back of my mind the touchstone ...
They all , and Locke too for the matter of that , wrote English that the student of style could do much worse than study . Before I start writing a novel I read Candide over again so that I may have in the back of my mind the touchstone ...
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... forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is ngle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . ... succeed in creating life in their laboratories and then it may be that we shall know more of these matters .
... forces its way through the jungle of matter ; but river is ngle and jungle is river , for river and jungle are one . ... succeed in creating life in their laboratories and then it may be that we shall know more of these matters .
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many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt ...
many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor from books have I learnt ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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