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Page 107
... success was spectacular and unexpected . I was more relieved than excited . I think I lack the quality of being surprised , and just as in my journeys I have accepted the most curious sights and the most novel circum- stances as ...
... success was spectacular and unexpected . I was more relieved than excited . I think I lack the quality of being surprised , and just as in my journeys I have accepted the most curious sights and the most novel circum- stances as ...
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... success . His individu- ality has been formed by his experiences , his struggles , his frustrated hopes , his efforts to adapt himself to a hostile world ; it must be very stubborn if it is not modified by the softening influences of ...
... success . His individu- ality has been formed by his experiences , his struggles , his frustrated hopes , his efforts to adapt himself to a hostile world ; it must be very stubborn if it is not modified by the softening influences of ...
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... success brought him into the society of literary people , rich men and smart women , and he sought to deal with them , what he wrote was worthless . Success destroyed him . XLIX of suc- THE WRITER is wise then who is wary cess . He must ...
... success brought him into the society of literary people , rich men and smart women , and he sought to deal with them , what he wrote was worthless . Success destroyed him . XLIX of suc- THE WRITER is wise then who is wary cess . He must ...
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