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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... picture he does not care for ? There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in having ploughed a thousand fields . There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct descrip- tion to a picture than in being able to ...
... picture he does not care for ? There is no more merit in having read a thousand books than in having ploughed a thousand fields . There is no more merit in being able to attach a correct descrip- tion to a picture than in being able to ...
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... picture of reality . I was myself living in several sets that had no connection with one another , and it occurred to me that it might give a truer picture of life if one could carry on at the same time the various stories , of equal ...
... picture of reality . I was myself living in several sets that had no connection with one another , and it occurred to me that it might give a truer picture of life if one could carry on at the same time the various stories , of equal ...
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... picture of life he draws . It has sometimes seemed to me that if posterity wants to know what the world of to - day was like it will not go to those writers whose idiosyncrasy has impressed our contemporaries , but to the mediocre ones ...
... picture of life he draws . It has sometimes seemed to me that if posterity wants to know what the world of to - day was like it will not go to those writers whose idiosyncrasy has impressed our contemporaries , but to the mediocre ones ...
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