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I was like a mathe- matician who could do no more than add and subtract and though he wanted to tackle all manner of compli- cated operations knew that he simply had not the capacity . It took me a long time to resign myself to making ...
I was like a mathe- matician who could do no more than add and subtract and though he wanted to tackle all manner of compli- cated operations knew that he simply had not the capacity . It took me a long time to resign myself to making ...
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I liked life and wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satisfied with the appreciation of a small band of intellectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and ...
I liked life and wanted to enjoy it . I wanted to get all I possibly could out of it . I was not satisfied with the appreciation of a small band of intellectuals . I had my doubts about their quality , for I had been to a stupid and ...
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I wanted to get what knowledge I could about the general struc- ture of the universe ; I wanted to make up my mind whether I had to consider only this life or a life to come ; I wanted to discover whether I was a free agent or whether ...
I wanted to get what knowledge I could about the general struc- ture of the universe ; I wanted to make up my mind whether I had to consider only this life or a life to come ; I wanted to discover whether I was a free agent or whether ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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