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... to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it . One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject .
... to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it . One idea suggests another ; it is very pleasant to pursue it , even though it is not directly concerned with the subject .
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repress into my subconscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally disembarrassed of his subject till his work is published . When it is delivered to the public , however heedless the ...
repress into my subconscious the unhappy memories with which it was concerned it is because the writer is not finally disembarrassed of his subject till his work is published . When it is delivered to the public , however heedless the ...
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He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness ; he is concerned only to create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes . So different may be the 189 THE SUMMING UP.
He is not concerned whether it is a truthful likeness ; he is concerned only to create a plausible harmony convenient for his own purposes . So different may be the 189 THE SUMMING UP.
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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 17 of Contemporary English series Volume 60 of Mentor books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | Doubleday, 1954 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2011 |
| Length | 279 pages |
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