The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... discover in the eminent statesmen I met there any marked capacity . I concluded , perhaps rashly , that no great degree of intelligence was needed to rule a nation . Since then I have known in various countries a good many politicians ...
... discover in the eminent statesmen I met there any marked capacity . I concluded , perhaps rashly , that no great degree of intelligence was needed to rule a nation . Since then I have known in various countries a good many politicians ...
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... discover that my judgement is at variance with that of the majority . I have a certain confidence in my instinct . I must write as though I were a person of importance ; and indeed , I am - to myself . To myself I am the most important ...
... discover that my judgement is at variance with that of the majority . I have a certain confidence in my instinct . I must write as though I were a person of importance ; and indeed , I am - to myself . To myself I am the most important ...
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... discover what natural aptitude I had , my original stock - in - trade , before I developed it by taking thought . The manner had a superciliousness that perhaps my years excused and an irascibility that was a defect of nature ; but I am ...
... discover what natural aptitude I had , my original stock - in - trade , before I developed it by taking thought . The manner had a superciliousness that perhaps my years excused and an irascibility that was a defect of nature ; but I am ...
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