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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Page 64
... deal about human nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie more consistently , and it may be that ...
... deal about human nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie more consistently , and it may be that ...
Page 157
... deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray people of any subtlety of mind or intricacy of emotion when his dialogue is but a sort of spoken hieroglyph . He is insensibly led to choose as his ...
... deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray people of any subtlety of mind or intricacy of emotion when his dialogue is but a sort of spoken hieroglyph . He is insensibly led to choose as his ...
Page 277
... deal with his en- vironment and that for long ages it reached no higher development than was needed to deal with the vital problems of his practice . But it seems in course of time to have outgrown his immediate needs , and with the ...
... deal with his en- vironment and that for long ages it reached no higher development than was needed to deal with the vital problems of his practice . But it seems in course of time to have outgrown his immediate needs , and with the ...
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