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I wanted to make a pattern of my life , in which writing would be an essen- tial element , but which would include all the other ac- tivities proper to man , and which death would in the end round off in complete fulfilment .
I wanted to make a pattern of my life , in which writing would be an essen- tial element , but which would include all the other ac- tivities proper to man , and which death would in the end round off in complete fulfilment .
Page 132
It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you cast your eye over ...
It can never be more than a partial one , but if he is fortunate he will succeed in the end in doing something else ; he will draw a complete picture of himself . At all events to think thus is a consolation when you cast your eye over ...
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Because they had not achieved complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive ...
Because they had not achieved complete success they gave more scope for the activity of my imagination . In the greatest of all works of art everything had been realized , I could give nothing , and my restless mind tired of passive ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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