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Sometimes he fills you with horror ; sometimes he is entirely sympathetic ; but he
has an inner coherence , so that though you often shudder you accept . But it was
long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew ...
Sometimes he fills you with horror ; sometimes he is entirely sympathetic ; but he
has an inner coherence , so that though you often shudder you accept . But it was
long before Stendhal's example bore fruit . Balzac , with all his genius , drew ...
Page 281
The pieces were provided and I had to accept the mode of action that was
characteristic of each one ; I had to accept the moves of the persons I played with
; but it has seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance
...
The pieces were provided and I had to accept the mode of action that was
characteristic of each one ; I had to accept the moves of the persons I played with
; but it has seemed to me that I had the power to make on my side , in accordance
...
Page 304
And little as I like the deduction , I cannot but accept it ; and this is that the work of
art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an
odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know
...
And little as I like the deduction , I cannot but accept it ; and this is that the work of
art must be judged by its fruits , and if these are not good it is valueless . It is an
odd fact , which must be accepted as in the nature of things and for which I know
...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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