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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... discover the exact point where the idiom one has formed to express oneself has lost its tang . As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think ...
... discover the exact point where the idiom one has formed to express oneself has lost its tang . As Dr Johnson said : ' He that has once studiously formed a style , rarely writes afterwards with complete ease . ' Admirably as I think ...
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... discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am not my brother's keeper . I cannot bring myself to judge my ...
... discover their defects or their vices ; I am touched when I see the goodness of the wicked and I am willing enough to shrug a tolerant shoulder at their wickedness . I am not my brother's keeper . I cannot bring myself to judge my ...
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William Somerset Maugham. many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor ...
William Somerset Maugham. many books to discover what the authorities had to say that made the matter a little plainer . I have known intimately a great many persons who were absorbed in the arts . I am afraid that neither from them nor ...
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