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Page 83
... character refers back to the origin of the individual organism . After birth physical conditions and en- vironment influence it . It is very hard that a person through no fault of his own should possess a character , perverse and ...
... character refers back to the origin of the individual organism . After birth physical conditions and en- vironment influence it . It is very hard that a person through no fault of his own should possess a character , perverse and ...
Page 168
... character he intended , with his sensuality and mysticism , his ineffectualness , his sentimentality , his muddle ... characters , some of whom appear but on a single page , who are drawn , often in three or four lines , with a ...
... character he intended , with his sensuality and mysticism , his ineffectualness , his sentimentality , his muddle ... characters , some of whom appear but on a single page , who are drawn , often in three or four lines , with a ...
Page 246
... character is in- troduced or when interest has already been excited in him . In any case I do not believe that the ... character he is inventing . They shirk the difficulty . Some writers seem unconscious of the importance of physical ...
... character is in- troduced or when interest has already been excited in him . In any case I do not believe that the ... character he is inventing . They shirk the difficulty . Some writers seem unconscious of the importance of physical ...
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