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... somebody else's possession , well and good , that is suffi- cient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six - course dinner can be eaten in ten minutes , well and good again , the dramatist can get on with his play .
... somebody else's possession , well and good , that is suffi- cient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six - course dinner can be eaten in ten minutes , well and good again , the dramatist can get on with his play .
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I have gone my way , following the course I had mapped out for myself , and trying with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for . I think authors are unwise who do not read criticisms . It is salutary to train oneself to be no ...
I have gone my way , following the course I had mapped out for myself , and trying with my works to fill out the pattern I looked for . I think authors are unwise who do not read criticisms . It is salutary to train oneself to be no ...
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ing a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when ...
ing a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created . And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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