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We are shocked when we discover that great men were weak and petty , dishonest or selfish , sexually vicious , vain or intemperate ; and many people think it disgraceful to disclose to the public its heroes ' failings .
We are shocked when we discover that great men were weak and petty , dishonest or selfish , sexually vicious , vain or intemperate ; and many people think it disgraceful to disclose to the public its heroes ' failings .
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I was drawn to various courses by very simple motives and it is only on looking back that I discover myself subconsciously working to a certain end . The end was to develop my character and so make up for the deficiencies in my natural ...
I was drawn to various courses by very simple motives and it is only on looking back that I discover myself subconsciously working to a certain end . The end was to develop my character and so make up for the deficiencies in my natural ...
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But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in which the heroine in order to disillusion a young lover let him come into her dressing - room and discover her without any make - up on her face ...
But its most effective scene , the scene that afterwards made it so successful , was one in which the heroine in order to disillusion a young lover let him come into her dressing - room and discover her without any make - up on her face ...
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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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