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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... causes ) was a function of the brain subject like the rest of his body to the laws of cause and effect and that these laws were the same as those that governed the movements of star and atom . I exulted at the thought that the universe ...
... causes ) was a function of the brain subject like the rest of his body to the laws of cause and effect and that these laws were the same as those that governed the movements of star and atom . I exulted at the thought that the universe ...
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William Somerset Maugham. cause people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not telescope events , by which he was able to accelerate his action , but must cause them to occur as deliberately as in real life ; he must ...
William Somerset Maugham. cause people do not naturally talk to themselves out loud ; he may not telescope events , by which he was able to accelerate his action , but must cause them to occur as deliberately as in real life ; he must ...
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... I do not deplore them nor would I now have them undone . I do not think it unreasonable to hold the opinion that everything in the universe combines to cause every one of our actions , and this naturally includes [ 281 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... I do not deplore them nor would I now have them undone . I do not think it unreasonable to hold the opinion that everything in the universe combines to cause every one of our actions , and this naturally includes [ 281 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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