The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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... St Thomas's Hospital in the autumn of 1892. I found the first two years of the curriculum very dull and gave my work no more attention than was necessary to scrape through the examinations . I was an unsatisfactory student . But I had ...
... St Thomas's Hospital in the autumn of 1892. I found the first two years of the curriculum very dull and gave my work no more attention than was necessary to scrape through the examinations . I was an unsatisfactory student . But I had ...
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... St Thomas's Hospital gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people ...
... St Thomas's Hospital gave me a complete knowledge of human nature . I do not suppose any- one can hope to have that . I have been studying it , consciously and subconsciously , for forty years and I still find men unaccountable ; people ...
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... St Thomas's Hospital . I have seen men since as I saw them then , and thus have I drawn them . It may not be a true picture and I know that many have thought it an unpleasant one . It is doubt- less partial , for naturally I have seen ...
... St Thomas's Hospital . I have seen men since as I saw them then , and thus have I drawn them . It may not be a true picture and I know that many have thought it an unpleasant one . It is doubt- less partial , for naturally I have seen ...
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