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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Page 141
... follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in him to be a very ...
... follow in his steps , but the event has proved that it was impossible to do so without his great gifts . The most talented of these was Granville Barker . As many scenes in his plays show , Granville Barker had it in him to be a very ...
Page 188
... follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is never free from misgiving . There is so ...
... follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding his pretension and his susceptible vanity the author when he compares his work with what he intended it to be is never free from misgiving . There is so ...
Page 317
... follow it does not look so difficult that human weakness quails before it as beyond its strength . With it I can end my book . The beauty of life , he says , is nothing but this , that each should act in conformity with his nature and ...
... follow it does not look so difficult that human weakness quails before it as beyond its strength . With it I can end my book . The beauty of life , he says , is nothing but this , that each should act in conformity with his nature and ...
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