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 71
... an elementary knowledge of science and scientific method . Till then I had
been concerned only with art and literature . It was a very limited knowledge , for
the demands of the curriculum at that time were small , but at all events it showed
...
... an elementary knowledge of science and scientific method . Till then I had
been concerned only with art and literature . It was a very limited knowledge , for
the demands of the curriculum at that time were small , but at all events it showed
...
Page 165
In the first place it is not true that the young author has not sufficient knowledge to
write about his contemporaries . I do not suppose one ever in after life knows
people so intimately as those with whom one's childhood and early youth have ...
In the first place it is not true that the young author has not sufficient knowledge to
write about his contemporaries . I do not suppose one ever in after life knows
people so intimately as those with whom one's childhood and early youth have ...
Page 216
The reading public has enormously increased during the last thirty years and
there is a large mass of ignorant people who want knowledge that can be
acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something
when ...
The reading public has enormously increased during the last thirty years and
there is a large mass of ignorant people who want knowledge that can be
acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something
when ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Summing Up Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham W. Somerset Maugham Works 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 |
| Subjects | › Fiction / Literary |
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