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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... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three quali- ties in the order of the ...
... thought with pains I could arrive at writing as well as my natural defects allowed . On taking thought it seemed to me that I must aim at lucidity , simplicity and euphony . I have put these three quali- ties in the order of the ...
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... thought , have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelli- gent look for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelligence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
... thought , have largely ceased to frequent it . I have a notion that when the intelli- gent look for thought in a playhouse , they show less intelligence than one would have expected of them . Thought is a private thing . It is the ...
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... thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go there for a year , learn the language of which I already knew the elements and immerse my- self in the emotion and mystery of that vast country . I thought that there perhaps I might find ...
... thoughts of people then and I had a mind to go there for a year , learn the language of which I already knew the elements and immerse my- self in the emotion and mystery of that vast country . I thought that there perhaps I might find ...
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