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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... existence it had brought me ; the social round , the grand dinners at the houses of the great , the brilliant balls and the week - end parties at country houses ; the company of clever and brilliant people , writers , painters , actors ...
... existence it had brought me ; the social round , the grand dinners at the houses of the great , the brilliant balls and the week - end parties at country houses ; the company of clever and brilliant people , writers , painters , actors ...
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... existence of God , and I will ask the reader to have patience with me while I briefly con- sider them . One of them assumes that man has an idea of a perfect being ; and since perfection includes existence a perfect being must exist ...
... existence of God , and I will ask the reader to have patience with me while I briefly con- sider them . One of them assumes that man has an idea of a perfect being ; and since perfection includes existence a perfect being must exist ...
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... existence of God is valid . But of course you do not disprove his existence because you cannot prove it . Awe remains , man's sense of helplessness , and his desire to attain harmony between himself and the universe at large . These ...
... existence of God is valid . But of course you do not disprove his existence because you cannot prove it . Awe remains , man's sense of helplessness , and his desire to attain harmony between himself and the universe at large . These ...
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