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I could admire then in others as I could admire their far - fetched tropes and the unusual but sug- . gestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such em- bellishments ; and I was ...
I could admire then in others as I could admire their far - fetched tropes and the unusual but sug- . gestive language in which they clothed their thoughts , but my own invention never presented me with such em- bellishments ; and I was ...
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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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every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind the world would consider me a monster of de- pravity . I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts .
every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind the world would consider me a monster of de- pravity . I wonder how anyone can have the face to condemn others when he reflects upon his own thoughts .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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