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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... instinct and when I know a thing never feel in myself the desire to impart it to others . I do not much care if people agree with me . Of course I think I am right , otherwise I should not think as I do , and they are wrong , but it ...
... instinct and when I know a thing never feel in myself the desire to impart it to others . I do not much care if people agree with me . Of course I think I am right , otherwise I should not think as I do , and they are wrong , but it ...
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... instincts , feelings and deep- rooted prejudices , the prejudices that are so intimate a part of one that they can hardly be distinguished from instincts ; and out of them make a system that would be valid for me and enable me to pursue ...
... instincts , feelings and deep- rooted prejudices , the prejudices that are so intimate a part of one that they can hardly be distinguished from instincts ; and out of them make a system that would be valid for me and enable me to pursue ...
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... instinct is sublimated , but it lends the emo- tion something of its own warm and vitalizing energy . Loving - kindness is the better part of good- ness . It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists and makes it a ...
... instinct is sublimated , but it lends the emo- tion something of its own warm and vitalizing energy . Loving - kindness is the better part of good- ness . It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists and makes it a ...
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