The Summing UpAutobiographical and confessional, and yet not, this is one of the most highly regarded expressions of a personal credo - both a classic avowal of an author's ideas and his craft. |
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William Somerset Maugham. was the first writer to grow conscious of this multiple personality and it troubled him all his life . He was always comparing the writer that he was with the man and he could not quite reconcile the ...
William Somerset Maugham. was the first writer to grow conscious of this multiple personality and it troubled him all his life . He was always comparing the writer that he was with the man and he could not quite reconcile the ...
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... this subject ; and now that I can avoid it no longer I cannot but draw back . I am conscious that here and there I have taken free - will for granted ; I have spoken as though I had power to mould [ 279 ] THE SUMMING UP lxxii ...
... this subject ; and now that I can avoid it no longer I cannot but draw back . I am conscious that here and there I have taken free - will for granted ; I have spoken as though I had power to mould [ 279 ] THE SUMMING UP lxxii ...
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... conscious of its rights , will eventually seize power in one coun- try after the other , and I never cease to marvel that the governing classes of today , rather than continue a vain struggle against these overwhelming forces , do not ...
... conscious of its rights , will eventually seize power in one coun- try after the other , and I never cease to marvel that the governing classes of today , rather than continue a vain struggle against these overwhelming forces , do not ...
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