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Page 10
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has pre- vented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direc- tion of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
Page 175
... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
... whole he satisfies his patrons , so the writer's books will not be read unless on the whole they interest his readers . Yet there is in writers a feeling that the public ought to like what they write and if their books do not sell the ...
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... whole problem could be conveniently shelved . I have sometimes thought that it would be a very good thing if before philosophers were granted the degrees that will enable them to impart their wis- dom to the young , they had to spend a ...
... whole problem could be conveniently shelved . I have sometimes thought that it would be a very good thing if before philosophers were granted the degrees that will enable them to impart their wis- dom to the young , they had to spend a ...
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