The Summing Up |
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Page 35
There is no reason why such a pattern should not be as complete as that which anyone has tried self - con- sciously to make . But the artist is in a privileged position . I use the word artist , not meaning to attach any measure of ...
There is no reason why such a pattern should not be as complete as that which anyone has tried self - con- sciously to make . But the artist is in a privileged position . I use the word artist , not meaning to attach any measure of ...
Page 91
In- dividuals know that they constantly give way to impulse , but an audience insists that every action must have its cogent reason . Its morality is the average morality of the crowd and it will be sincerely shocked by a sentiment that ...
In- dividuals know that they constantly give way to impulse , but an audience insists that every action must have its cogent reason . Its morality is the average morality of the crowd and it will be sincerely shocked by a sentiment that ...
Page 95
His ideas will be neither more nor less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of ...
His ideas will be neither more nor less original than those of the serious young men who write in these journals . There is no reason why they should be less interesting ; and if by the time the play has run its course they are out of ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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