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My common sense suggested to me that it was anĉmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air , action , violence , and I found ...
My common sense suggested to me that it was anĉmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air , action , violence , and I found ...
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I desired to feel the common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the common human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was determined to get whatever fulfilment ...
I desired to feel the common pains and enjoy the common pleasures that are part of the common human lot . I saw no reason to subordinate the claims of sense to the tempting lure of spirit and I was determined to get whatever fulfilment ...
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Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals .
Common experience , especially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Immortality is too stupendous a notion to be entertained in connection with common mortals .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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