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Page 65
... picture that one fabricates of the average characteristics of men , and to find them all in a single man is hardly to be expected . It is this false picture that the writers I have spoken of take as their model and it is because they ...
... picture that one fabricates of the average characteristics of men , and to find them all in a single man is hardly to be expected . It is this false picture that the writers I have spoken of take as their model and it is because they ...
Page 152
... 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 . It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you ...
... picture of life . It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you ...
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