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beauty than that of Greece or Southern Italy ; nor was it their ramshackle , slightly
adventurous , easy life ; what excited me was to meet one person after another
who was new to me . I was like a naturalist who comes into a country where the ...
beauty than that of Greece or Southern Italy ; nor was it their ramshackle , slightly
adventurous , easy life ; what excited me was to meet one person after another
who was new to me . I was like a naturalist who comes into a country where the ...
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It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise ; for
of course it is easy to shrug one's shoulders when one finds oneself described as
a genius , but not so easy to be unconcerned when one is treated as a ...
It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise ; for
of course it is easy to shrug one's shoulders when one finds oneself described as
a genius , but not so easy to be unconcerned when one is treated as a ...
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... Russell I discovered a writer who greatly pleased me ; he was easy to
understand and his English was good . I read him with admiration . I was very
willing to accept him as the guide I sought . He had worldly wisdom and common
sense .
... Russell I discovered a writer who greatly pleased me ; he was easy to
understand and his English was good . I read him with admiration . I was very
willing to accept him as the guide I sought . He had worldly wisdom and common
sense .
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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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