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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were wretched puppets at the mercy of a ruthless fate ; and that , bound by the inexorable laws of nature , we were doomed to take part in the ceaseless struggle for existence with nothing to look forward to but inevitable defeat .
were wretched puppets at the mercy of a ruthless fate ; and that , bound by the inexorable laws of nature , we were doomed to take part in the ceaseless struggle for existence with nothing to look forward to but inevitable defeat .
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... painters , actors ; the love affairs I had had and the easy companionship of my friends ; the comfortableness and security of life . It was stilling me and I hankered after a different mode of existence and new experiences .
... painters , actors ; the love affairs I had had and the easy companionship of my friends ; the comfortableness and security of life . It was stilling me and I hankered after a different mode of existence and new experiences .
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... evils of one's own life if one could think that they were but the necessary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence , and the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope than in another existence ...
... evils of one's own life if one could think that they were but the necessary outcome of one's errors in a previous existence , and the effort to do better would be less difficult too when there was the hope than in another existence ...
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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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