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... myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it is not about my doings . I have no desire to lay bare my heart , and I put limits to the intimacy that I wish the reader 14 THE SUMMING UP IV ...
... myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it is not about my doings . I have no desire to lay bare my heart , and I put limits to the intimacy that I wish the reader 14 THE SUMMING UP IV ...
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... readers here and there to get out one or other of their books from a library ; but I think it is clear that neither of ... reader can take it or leave it . If he has the patience to read what follows he will see that there is only one ...
... readers here and there to get out one or other of their books from a library ; but I think it is clear that neither of ... reader can take it or leave it . If he has the patience to read what follows he will see that there is only one ...
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... reader's interests so little that he is perfectly indiffer- ent to the fortunes of the various characters . This makes the novel very difficult to read . I cannot think of another that has so many merits and leaves so shadowy an ...
... reader's interests so little that he is perfectly indiffer- ent to the fortunes of the various characters . This makes the novel very difficult to read . I cannot think of another that has so many merits and leaves so shadowy an ...
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