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But now I can afford to put it off no longer . In youth the years stretch before one
so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age ,
with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for ...
But now I can afford to put it off no longer . In youth the years stretch before one
so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age ,
with the ordinary expectation of life in these days , it is easy to find excuses for ...
Page 152
I was hampered besides by my stammer and by the unfortunate accident that
after I had written a play and finally corrected the typescript I could no longer take
any great interest in it . I was curious to see how it would act , but when once I
had ...
I was hampered besides by my stammer and by the unfortunate accident that
after I had written a play and finally corrected the typescript I could no longer take
any great interest in it . I was curious to see how it would act , but when once I
had ...
Page 290
The young man turns away from it with horror because he thinks that when he
reaches it , he will still yearn for the things that give variety and gusto to his youth
. He is mistaken . It is true that the old man will no longer be able to climb an Alp
or ...
The young man turns away from it with horror because he thinks that when he
reaches it , he will still yearn for the things that give variety and gusto to his youth
. He is mistaken . It is true that the old man will no longer be able to climb an Alp
or ...
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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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