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... spirit . In practice it has been shown that such plays are only tolerable when they are perfectly acted . Now I come to my second maxim . However bril- liant a scene may be , however witty a line or pro- found a reflection , if it is ...
... spirit . In practice it has been shown that such plays are only tolerable when they are perfectly acted . Now I come to my second maxim . However bril- liant a scene may be , however witty a line or pro- found a reflection , if it is ...
Page 206
... spirit . I had learnt to go my own way without bothering with what others thought about it . I demanded free- dom for myself and I was prepared to give freedom to others . It is easy to laugh and shrug your shoul- ders when people act ...
... spirit . I had learnt to go my own way without bothering with what others thought about it . I demanded free- dom for myself and I was prepared to give freedom to others . It is easy to laugh and shrug your shoul- ders when people act ...
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... 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.
... 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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