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It is about certain subjects that are important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it is not about my doings . I have no desire to lay bare my heart , and I put limits ...
It is about certain subjects that are important to me and it is about myself because I can only treat of these subjects as they have affected me . But it is not about my doings . I have no desire to lay bare my heart , and I put limits ...
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It can only give him two good things : one , the more important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding . his pre- tension and his susceptible vanity the author when he ...
It can only give him two good things : one , the more important by far , is the freedom to follow his own bent , and the other is confidence in himself . Notwithstanding . his pre- tension and his susceptible vanity the author when he ...
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He must be great enough to recognize with good - hu- moured resignation that his work , though so important , can have but an ephemeral value ; for his merit is that he responds to the needs of , and points the way to , his own ...
He must be great enough to recognize with good - hu- moured resignation that his work , though so important , can have but an ephemeral value ; for his merit is that he responds to the needs of , and points the way to , his own ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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