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 187
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... delight a clique and never reach the great public will never delight posterity , for posterity will never hear about them . It is a consolation to the popular [ 187 ] THE SUMMING UP.
Page 220
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
... delight in listening to stories is as natural to human nature as the delight in looking at the danc- ing and miming out of which drama arose . That it exists unimpaired is shown by the vogue of the detec- tive novel . The most ...
Page 309
... delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon ...
... delight . But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaningless world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon ...
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