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We ( Socrates was a man ; afford to put it off no longer . In youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days ...
We ( Socrates was a man ; afford to put it off no longer . In youth the years stretch before one so long that it is hard to realize that they will ever pass , and even in middle age , with the ordinary expectation of life in these days ...
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His success has changed him in the eyes of his old associates and they are no longer at home with him . They may look upon him . with envy or with admiration , but no longer as one of themselves . The new world into which his success ...
His success has changed him in the eyes of his old associates and they are no longer at home with him . They may look upon him . with envy or with admiration , but no longer as one of themselves . The new world into which his success ...
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The shock is so great that you no longer believe , and when you do not believe in a novel you are no longer held . The moral is that you must have the cour- age to throw your facts overboard if they fail to comply with the logic of your ...
The shock is so great that you no longer believe , and when you do not believe in a novel you are no longer held . The moral is that you must have the cour- age to throw your facts overboard if they fail to comply with the logic of your ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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