The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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... present day he would write as well as it is possible for anyone to write . Xv From time to time I have asked myself whether I should have been a better writer if I had devoted my whole life to literature . Somewhat early , but at what ...
... present day he would write as well as it is possible for anyone to write . Xv From time to time I have asked myself whether I should have been a better writer if I had devoted my whole life to literature . Somewhat early , but at what ...
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... present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
... present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely take it for granted . It is interwoven in the pattern and what interests me is what ...
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... present God who supports and comforts us . The mystics have narrated their experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its reality . Indeed , I have myself had on one occasion an experience that I ...
... present God who supports and comforts us . The mystics have narrated their experience so often , and in terms so similar , that I do not see how one can deny its reality . Indeed , I have myself had on one occasion an experience that I ...
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