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 126
... suppose , by the advent of the cinema . To- day , audiences , especially in English - speaking coun- tries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having seen it want to pass on to the next ; they catch the gist of a ...
... suppose , by the advent of the cinema . To- day , audiences , especially in English - speaking coun- tries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having seen it want to pass on to the next ; they catch the gist of a ...
Page 274
... suppose that they will take piano lessons from Beethoven or learn to paint in water colour under the guidance of Michelangelo . Unless these two great men have much changed they will find them irascible masters . A very good test of the ...
... suppose that they will take piano lessons from Beethoven or learn to paint in water colour under the guidance of Michelangelo . Unless these two great men have much changed they will find them irascible masters . A very good test of the ...
Page 276
... suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the ...
... suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the ...
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