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10 I DO NOT KNOW whether it was a subconscious feeling that this sort of writing was contrary to my bent or a naturally methodical cast of mind that led me then to turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period .
10 I DO NOT KNOW whether it was a subconscious feeling that this sort of writing was contrary to my bent or a naturally methodical cast of mind that led me then to turn my attention to the writers of the Augustan Period .
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It is raw material straight from the knacker's yard , and we are stupid if we turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We can- not , however willingly we would , escape the influence of this workaday prose .
It is raw material straight from the knacker's yard , and we are stupid if we turn up our noses because it smells of blood and sweat . We can- not , however willingly we would , escape the influence of this workaday prose .
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As a man , he seems to have been of a cheerful and practical disposition , but as a writer , he was of a depressed melancholic nature that made him turn away with distaste from violent action or exuberance .
As a man , he seems to have been of a cheerful and practical disposition , but as a writer , he was of a depressed melancholic nature that made him turn away with distaste from violent action or exuberance .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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