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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... spirit . It cannot , like adultery or gluttony , be practised at spare moments ; it is a whole - time job . Maugham is not a difficult or complicated writer , and we can miss all the undercurrents in his prose and still enjoy him a ...
... spirit . It cannot , like adultery or gluttony , be practised at spare moments ; it is a whole - time job . Maugham is not a difficult or complicated writer , and we can miss all the undercurrents in his prose and still enjoy him a ...
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... spirit is willing , the flesh is weak ) , I have continued with increasing assiduity to try to write better . I discovered my limitations and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them ...
... spirit is willing , the flesh is weak ) , I have continued with increasing assiduity to try to write better . I discovered my limitations and it seemed to me that the only sensible thing was to aim at what excellence I could within them ...
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... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... spirit , if spirit it may be called , self - created and independent of all other existence , though all that exists , exists in it , the sole source of life in all that lives , [ 271 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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