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When the intelligentsia took up Russia I , remember- ing that Cato had begun to learn Greek when he was eighty , set about learning Russian , but I had by then lost my youthful enthusiasm ; I never got farther than being able to read ...
When the intelligentsia took up Russia I , remember- ing that Cato had begun to learn Greek when he was eighty , set about learning Russian , but I had by then lost my youthful enthusiasm ; I never got farther than being able to read ...
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For French is the common language of educated men and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception ...
For French is the common language of educated men and it is certainly convenient to speak it well enough to be able to treat of any subject of discourse that may arise . It has a great literature ; other countries , with the exception ...
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... a quick eye for a good story and a telling point , animation and a vivid way of writing . All the dramatist needs be sides is a specific knack . I do not know that anyone has been able to discover what this knack consists of .
... a quick eye for a good story and a telling point , animation and a vivid way of writing . All the dramatist needs be sides is a specific knack . I do not know that anyone has been able to discover what this knack consists of .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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