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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... ness that the demands of the world of sense have an- other validity . To the writer this is not so . The images , free ideas that throng his mind , are not guides but materials for action . They have all the vividness of sensation . His ...
... ness that the demands of the world of sense have an- other validity . To the writer this is not so . The images , free ideas that throng his mind , are not guides but materials for action . They have all the vividness of sensation . His ...
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... proved to me that philosophy , at all events now , was a busi- ness for the experts to deal with between them . The layman could little hope to comprehend its subtleties . I should need twenty years to prepare myself [ 256 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... proved to me that philosophy , at all events now , was a busi- ness for the experts to deal with between them . The layman could little hope to comprehend its subtleties . I should need twenty years to prepare myself [ 256 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... ness . It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists and makes it a little less difficult to practice those minor virtues of self - control and self- restraint , patience , discipline and tolerance , which are the ...
... ness . It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists and makes it a little less difficult to practice those minor virtues of self - control and self- restraint , patience , discipline and tolerance , which are the ...
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