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Page 139
I looked for a meaning in the universe and the only one I could find was the beauty that men here and there produced . On the surface my life was varied and exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . Now I entered à new world , and all the ...
I looked for a meaning in the universe and the only one I could find was the beauty that men here and there produced . On the surface my life was varied and exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . Now I entered à new world , and all the ...
Page 192
I had an overwhelming sense of the power and import of the universe , and an intimate , a shattering sense of com- munion with it . I could almost bring myself to say that I felt the presence of God . It is doubtless a common enough ...
I had an overwhelming sense of the power and import of the universe , and an intimate , a shattering sense of com- munion with it . I could almost bring myself to say that I felt the presence of God . It is doubtless a common enough ...
Page 196
And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the universe will attain that final stage of equilibrium when nothing more can happen .
And if the astronomer tells us truth this planet will eventually reach a condition when living things can no longer exist upon it and at long last the universe will attain that final stage of equilibrium when nothing more can happen .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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