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Page 8
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has prevented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direction of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
... whole truth about himself . It is not only vanity that has prevented those who have tried to reveal themselves to the world from telling the whole truth ; it is direction of interest ; their disappointment with them- selves , their ...
Page 123
... whole world , with everyone in it and all its sights and events , is your material , you yourself can only deal with what corresponds to some secret spring in your own nature . The mine is incalculably rich , but each one of us can get ...
... whole world , with everyone in it and all its sights and events , is your material , you yourself can only deal with what corresponds to some secret spring in your own nature . The mine is incalculably rich , but each one of us can get ...
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... whole - time job . To write must be the main object of the author's life ; that is to say , he must be a professional writer . He is lucky if he has sufficient fortune to make him independent of his earnings , but that does not prevent ...
... whole - time job . To write must be the main object of the author's life ; that is to say , he must be a professional writer . He is lucky if he has sufficient fortune to make him independent of his earnings , but that does not prevent ...
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