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For French is che common language of educated men and it is certainly
convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse
that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of
England ...
For French is che common language of educated men and it is certainly
convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse
that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of
England ...
Page 301
Of course it is delightful and pleasure in itself is good , but what is there in it that
makes it superior to any other pleasure , so superior that to speak of it as
pleasure at all seems to depreciate it ? Was Jeremy Bentham so foolish after all
when he ...
Of course it is delightful and pleasure in itself is good , but what is there in it that
makes it superior to any other pleasure , so superior that to speak of it as
pleasure at all seems to depreciate it ? Was Jeremy Bentham so foolish after all
when he ...
Page 304
The bee produces wax for her own purposes and is unaware that man will put it
to diverse uses . โ lxxvii It appears then impossible to say that either truth or
beauty has intrinsic value . What about goodness ? But before I speak of
goodness I ...
The bee produces wax for her own purposes and is unaware that man will put it
to diverse uses . โ lxxvii It appears then impossible to say that either truth or
beauty has intrinsic value . What about goodness ? But before I speak of
goodness I ...
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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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