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Page 125
... from feeling a certain monotony and because nothing , either incident or character , has been very forcibly impressed upon them they are very likely to take away with them , when the play is over , some confusion of spirit .
... from feeling a certain monotony and because nothing , either incident or character , has been very forcibly impressed upon them they are very likely to take away with them , when the play is over , some confusion of spirit .
Page 206
I had acquired independence of spirit . I had learnt to go my own way without bothering with what others thought about it . I demanded freedom for myself and I was prepared to give freedom to others . It is easy to laugh and shrug your ...
I had acquired independence of spirit . I had learnt to go my own way without bothering with what others thought about it . I demanded freedom for myself and I was prepared to give freedom to others . It is easy to laugh and shrug your ...
Page 271
That spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
That spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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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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