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It is true that contemporary literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contemporaries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in ...
It is true that contemporary literature has a vividness of appeal that classical literature can never have and it is well for a young writer to know what his contemporaries are writing about and how . But there are fashions in ...
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He must be a psychologist and a physiologist , for he must know how the basic ele- ments of literature are related to the minds and bodies of men ; and he must be a philosopher , for from philos- ophy he will learn serenity ...
He must be a psychologist and a physiologist , for he must know how the basic ele- ments of literature are related to the minds and bodies of men ; and he must be a philosopher , for from philos- ophy he will learn serenity ...
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Planck has stated his belief that further re- search will sweep away the anomaly , and Einstein has described the philosophical ideas that have been based upon it as " literature " ; I am afraid that this is only his civil way of ...
Planck has stated his belief that further re- search will sweep away the anomaly , and Einstein has described the philosophical ideas that have been based upon it as " literature " ; I am afraid that this is only his civil way of ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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