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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and if you have no philosophical training its implications will doubtless escape
you; but no one with any education at all can fail to understand exactly what the
meaning of each sentence is. Few people have written English with more grace ...
and if you have no philosophical training its implications will doubtless escape
you; but no one with any education at all can fail to understand exactly what the
meaning of each sentence is. Few people have written English with more grace ...
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But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have
other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second hand they
can be of small service to you. I do not read a book for the book's sake, but for my
...
But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you; it may have
other and much more profound meanings for the critic, but at second hand they
can be of small service to you. I do not read a book for the book's sake, but for my
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effect on one's behaviour, one has to make up one's mind what is the meaning
and use of life. If death ends all, if I have neither to hope for good to come nor to
fear evil, I must ask myself what I am here for and how in these circumstances I ...
effect on one's behaviour, one has to make up one's mind what is the meaning
and use of life. If death ends all, if I have neither to hope for good to come nor to
fear evil, I must ask myself what I am here for and how in these circumstances I ...
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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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