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William Somerset Maugham. I write this book to disembarrass my soul of cer- tain notions that have hovered about in it too long for my comfort . I do not seek to persuade anybody . I am devoid of the pedagogic ... soul of cer- ...
William Somerset Maugham. I write this book to disembarrass my soul of cer- tain notions that have hovered about in it too long for my comfort . I do not seek to persuade anybody . I am devoid of the pedagogic ... soul of cer- ...
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... soul is a secret garden into which the elect may penetrate only after overcoming a number of perilous obstacles . But this kind of obscurity is not only pretentious ; it is short- sighted . For time plays it an odd trick . If the sense ...
... soul is a secret garden into which the elect may penetrate only after overcoming a number of perilous obstacles . But this kind of obscurity is not only pretentious ; it is short- sighted . For time plays it an odd trick . If the sense ...
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... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of child- birth ...
... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of child- birth ...
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