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Here and there one's know that all men are mortal therefore - and so forth ) , but it remains for us little more than a logical premiss till we are forced to recognize that in the ordinary course of things our end can no longer be ...
Here and there one's know that all men are mortal therefore - and so forth ) , but it remains for us little more than a logical premiss till we are forced to recognize that in the ordinary course of things our end can no longer be ...
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They have not convinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal matter ... on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing about , but on an active delight in diversity .
They have not convinced me that such a thing is possible . Criticism to my mind is a personal matter ... on a general indifference , such as makes men tolerant of things they care nothing about , but on an active delight in diversity .
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But we also find things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrari- ...
But we also find things beautiful because they remind us of objects , people or places , that we have loved or to which the passage of time has lent a sentimental value . We find things beautiful because we recognize them and contrari- ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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