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less partial , for naturally I have seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently .
less partial , for naturally I have seen men through my own idiosyncrasies . A buoyant , optimistic , healthy and sentimental person would have seen the same people quite differently . I can only claim to have seen them coherently .
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I had seen famous authors treated with contumely , when they offered a play to managers who had once pestered them with contracts . I had heard actors ' scornful comments on them . I had seen the bewilderment , the consternation ...
I had seen famous authors treated with contumely , when they offered a play to managers who had once pestered them with contracts . I had heard actors ' scornful comments on them . I had seen the bewilderment , the consternation ...
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My lack of imagination ( for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young ) obliged me to set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen with my own eyes and heard with ...
My lack of imagination ( for imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young ) obliged me to set down quite straightforwardly what I had seen with my own eyes and heard with ...
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| Title | THE SUMMING UP |
| Author | W. SOMER MAUGHAI |
| Published | 1938 |
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