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Page 71
... able to read the plays of Chekhov and have long since forgotten the little I knew . I think now that these schemes of mine were a trifle nonsensical . Words are not important , but their meanings , and it is of no spiritual advantage ...
... able to read the plays of Chekhov and have long since forgotten the little I knew . I think now that these schemes of mine were a trifle nonsensical . Words are not important , but their meanings , and it is of no spiritual advantage ...
Page 72
... able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence on the rest of the world ...
... able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception of England , have great writers , rather than a great literature ; and its influence on the rest of the world ...
Page 86
... able to discover what this knack consists of . It can- not be learnt . It can exist without education or culture ... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme ...
... able to discover what this knack consists of . It can- not be learnt . It can exist without education or culture ... able to play by ear , of no spiritual importance . But without it , though your ideas may be profound , your theme ...
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