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Page 206
... give me nothing more . I was capable of no new development . I had sloughed the arrogance of culture . My mood was complete ac- ceptance . I asked from nobody more than he could give me . I had learnt toleration . I was pleased with the ...
... give me nothing more . I was capable of no new development . I had sloughed the arrogance of culture . My mood was complete ac- ceptance . I asked from nobody more than he could give me . I had learnt toleration . I was pleased with the ...
Page 215
William Somerset Maugham. merits . The author seldom has the wish to give of- fence and he uses what means he can to protect his originals ; he puts the persons of his invention in different places , gives them another means of liveli ...
William Somerset Maugham. merits . The author seldom has the wish to give of- fence and he uses what means he can to protect his originals ; he puts the persons of his invention in different places , gives them another means of liveli ...
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... give life some kind of sense . Though it can hardly be doubted that they too have a biologic utility , they have superficially an appearance of disinterestedness which gives man the illusion that through them he escapes from human ...
... give life some kind of sense . Though it can hardly be doubted that they too have a biologic utility , they have superficially an appearance of disinterestedness which gives man the illusion that through them he escapes from human ...
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