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They demand action rather than debate . ( By action of course I do not mean merely physical action : from the standpoint of the theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple ...
They demand action rather than debate . ( By action of course I do not mean merely physical action : from the standpoint of the theatre a character who says , I have a headache , performs an action as much as one who falls off a steeple ...
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But when a greater and greater realism , both in motive and in action , is demanded of him and he is asked not to em- broider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources .
But when a greater and greater realism , both in motive and in action , is demanded of him and he is asked not to em- broider gaily or romantically upon life but to copy it , he is robbed of great part of his resources .
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But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaning- less world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon his wise ...
But goodness is shown in right action and who can tell in this meaning- less world what right action is ? It is not action that aims at happiness ; it is a happy chance if happiness results . Plato , as we know , enjoined upon his wise ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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