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Page 134
... reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead anyway . Now to this question the an- swer is that there is no reason at all , if he can ...
... reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of date , what of it ? The play is dead anyway . Now to this question the an- swer is that there is no reason at all , if he can ...
Page 137
... reason why he should get it . Plays are not written for critics . Or at least , they should not be . But playwrights are sensitive creatures , and when they are told that the plays they write are an insult to the adult intelli- gence ...
... reason why he should get it . Plays are not written for critics . Or at least , they should not be . But playwrights are sensitive creatures , and when they are told that the plays they write are an insult to the adult intelli- gence ...
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... reason to believe that what you desire exists , but it is a hard saying that you have no right to believe what you cannot prove ; there is no reason why you should not believe so long as you are aware that your belief lacks proof . I ...
... reason to believe that what you desire exists , but it is a hard saying that you have no right to believe what you cannot prove ; there is no reason why you should not believe so long as you are aware that your belief lacks proof . I ...
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