The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 192
I felt that I had got all that I was capable of getting out of the world in which I had
been moving; my success as a playwright and the luxurious existence it had
brought me; the social round, the grand dinners at the houses of the great, the
brilliant ...
I felt that I had got all that I was capable of getting out of the world in which I had
been moving; my success as a playwright and the luxurious existence it had
brought me; the social round, the grand dinners at the houses of the great, the
brilliant ...
Page 264
It would be less difficult to bear the evils of one's own life if one could think that
they were but the necessary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence, and
the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope than in ...
It would be less difficult to bear the evils of one's own life if one could think that
they were but the necessary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence, and
the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope than in ...
Page 272
The only God that is of use is a being who is personal, supreme and good, and
whose existence is as certain as that two ... I remain an agnostic, and the
practical outcome of agnosticism is that you act as though God did not exist. lxx
Belief in ...
The only God that is of use is a being who is personal, supreme and good, and
whose existence is as certain as that two ... I remain an agnostic, and the
practical outcome of agnosticism is that you act as though God did not exist. lxx
Belief in ...
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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 Mentor book Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Authors | William Somerset Maugham, Maria Dermoût |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 26 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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