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I have been more concerned with the obscure than with the famous. They are
more often themselves. They have had no need to create a figure to protect
themselves from the world or to impress it. Their idiosyncrasies have had more
chance to ...
I have been more concerned with the obscure than with the famous. They are
more often themselves. They have had no need to create a figure to protect
themselves from the world or to impress it. Their idiosyncrasies have had more
chance to ...
Page 123
One idea suggests another; it is very pleasant to pursue it, even though it is not
directly concerned with the subject. The inclination to digress is human. But the
dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, ...
One idea suggests another; it is very pleasant to pursue it, even though it is not
directly concerned with the subject. The inclination to digress is human. But the
dramatist must avoid it even more strenuously than the saint must avoid sin, ...
Page 213
He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness; he is concerned only to
create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes. So different may be
the finished product from the original that it must be a common experience of
authors ...
He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness; he is concerned only to
create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes. So different may be
the finished product from the original that it must be a common experience of
authors ...
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Volume 60 of Mentor books Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Literary Guild of America, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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