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... seemed to me that if I set them down in some sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and ...
... seemed to me that if I set them down in some sort of order I should see for myself more distinctly what they really were and so might get some kind of coherence into them . I have long thought I should like to make such an attempt and ...
Page 74
... seemed to me much superior to mine . They could write and draw and compose with a facility that aroused my envy . They had an appreciation of art and a critical instinct that I despaired of attaining . Of these some died without ...
... seemed to me much superior to mine . They could write and draw and compose with a facility that aroused my envy . They had an appreciation of art and a critical instinct that I despaired of attaining . Of these some died without ...
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... seemed to me that there the perfect life was perfectly realized . There life , like a good story , pursues its way from beginning to end in a firm and unbroken line . lxxv The egoism of man makes him unwilling to accept the ...
... seemed to me that there the perfect life was perfectly realized . There life , like a good story , pursues its way from beginning to end in a firm and unbroken line . lxxv The egoism of man makes him unwilling to accept the ...
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