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He is a fool if he thinks his knowledge is more important than theirs and an oaf if he cannot comfortably meet them on an equal footing . Matthew Arnold did a great disservice to culture when he insisted on its opposition to ...
He is a fool if he thinks his knowledge is more important than theirs and an oaf if he cannot comfortably meet them on an equal footing . Matthew Arnold did a great disservice to culture when he insisted on its opposition to ...
Page 107
... possessed none of the knowledge and few of the qualities that are needed to direct a play . I was hampered besides by my stammer and by the unfortunate accident that after I had written a play and finally corrected the type- script ...
... possessed none of the knowledge and few of the qualities that are needed to direct a play . I was hampered besides by my stammer and by the unfortunate accident that after I had written a play and finally corrected the type- script ...
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knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making thrown ...
knowledge that can be acquired with little labour . They have thought that they were learning something when they read novels in which the characters delivered their views on the burning topics of the day . A bit of love- making thrown ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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