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thought of Hume , and if you have no philosophical train- ing its implications will doubtless escape you ; but no one with any education at all can fail to understand exactly what the meaning of each sentence is .
thought of Hume , and if you have no philosophical train- ing its implications will doubtless escape you ; but no one with any education at all can fail to understand exactly what the meaning of each sentence is .
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The appeal is sensuous rather than intellectual , and the beauty of the sound leads you easily to conclude that you need not bother about the meaning . But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will ...
The appeal is sensuous rather than intellectual , and the beauty of the sound leads you easily to conclude that you need not bother about the meaning . But words are tyrannical things , they exist for their meanings , and if you will ...
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But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you ; it may have other and much more pro- found meanings for the critic , but at second hand they can be of small service to you . I do not read a book for the book's ...
But the only important thing in a book is the meaning it has for you ; it may have other and much more pro- found meanings for the critic , but at second hand they can be of small service to you . I do not read a book for the book's ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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