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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... gift of speech , for it must be next door to impossible to rise to power in a democratic community unless you can catch the ears of the public ; and the gift of speech , as we know , is not often accompanied by the power of thought ...
... gift of speech , for it must be next door to impossible to rise to power in a democratic community unless you can catch the ears of the public ; and the gift of speech , as we know , is not often accompanied by the power of thought ...
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... gifts . For example , I do not think that Cervantes had an exceptional gift for writing ; few people would deny him genius . Nor would it be easy in English literature to find a poet with a happier gift than Herrick and yet no one would ...
... gifts . For example , I do not think that Cervantes had an exceptional gift for writing ; few people would deny him genius . Nor would it be easy in English literature to find a poet with a happier gift than Herrick and yet no one would ...
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... gift cannot but raise and so come nearer to the plain truth than has ever been done before . 28 I HAD my full share of the intellectual's arrogance and if , as I hope , I have lost it , I must ascribe it not to my own virtue or wisdom ...
... gift cannot but raise and so come nearer to the plain truth than has ever been done before . 28 I HAD my full share of the intellectual's arrogance and if , as I hope , I have lost it , I must ascribe it not to my own virtue or wisdom ...
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