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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I was glad to learn that the mind of man ( himself the product of natural 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 ...
I was glad to learn that the mind of man ( himself the product of natural 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 ...
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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 eschew accident and chance ...
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 eschew accident and chance ...
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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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| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Arno Press, 1977 |
| Original from | The Ohio State University |
| Digitized | 18 May 2018 |
| ISBN | 0405078307, 9780405078309 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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