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Page 156
... writer who wrote for money did not write for him . He has said a good many wise things ( as indeed a sage should ) but this was a very silly one ; for the reader has nothing to do with the motive for which the author writes . He is only ...
... writer who wrote for money did not write for him . He has said a good many wise things ( as indeed a sage should ) but this was a very silly one ; for the reader has nothing to do with the motive for which the author writes . He is only ...
Page 159
... writer . People who write much for the press seem to lose the faculty of seeing things for themselves ; they see them from a generalized standpoint , vividly often , sometimes with hectic brightness , yet never with that idiosyncrasy ...
... writer . People who write much for the press seem to lose the faculty of seeing things for themselves ; they see them from a generalized standpoint , vividly often , sometimes with hectic brightness , yet never with that idiosyncrasy ...
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... writer itches to get to his pens and paper at the hours at which he has been used to write . Then he writes automatically . Words come easily to him and words suggest ideas . They are old and empty ideas , but his practised hand can ...
... writer itches to get to his pens and paper at the hours at which he has been used to write . Then he writes automatically . Words come easily to him and words suggest ideas . They are old and empty ideas , but his practised hand can ...
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