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Page 137
Disciples arose who sought to follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it
was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was
Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in ...
Disciples arose who sought to follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it
was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was
Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in ...
Page 184
It can only give him two good things : one , the more important by far , is the
freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself .
Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he
compares his ...
It can only give him two good things : one , the more important by far , is the
freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself .
Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he
compares his ...
Page 251
The free man had no reason to follow them except in so far as they suited his
convenience . Having then an epigrammatic turn , and epigrams being the
fashion , I put my conviction into a phrase and said to myself : follow your
inclinations with ...
The free man had no reason to follow them except in so far as they suited his
convenience . Having then an epigrammatic turn , and epigrams being the
fashion , I put my conviction into a phrase and said to myself : follow your
inclinations with ...
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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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