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Page 8
He does not offer new evidence . And since I have put the whole of my life my books much of what I have to say will naturally have found a place in them . There are few subjects within the compass of my interests that I have not lightly ...
He does not offer new evidence . And since I have put the whole of my life my books much of what I have to say will naturally have found a place in them . There are few subjects within the compass of my interests that I have not lightly ...
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To the artist the commu- nication he offers is a by - product . I am not speaking now of those who ... He forms his decision from the ęsthetic value of the communication that is offered to him . If it yields escape from the reality of ...
To the artist the commu- nication he offers is a by - product . I am not speaking now of those who ... He forms his decision from the ęsthetic value of the communication that is offered to him . If it yields escape from the reality of ...
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But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more significant and so offered a better subject of ... the more serious novel readers , have since then given most . of their attention to the writers who seemed to offer ...
But it is evident that while its vogue lasted it seemed much more significant and so offered a better subject of ... the more serious novel readers , have since then given most . of their attention to the writers who seemed to offer ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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