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... ourselves in doing what we want to do . And to surrender to impulse is part of the pattern . I think a greater defect is that it leads you to live too much in the future . I have long known that this was a [ 50 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... ourselves in doing what we want to do . And to surrender to impulse is part of the pattern . I think a greater defect is that it leads you to live too much in the future . I have long known that this was a [ 50 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
... known as plays of atmosphere . The best known of them , of course , are Chekhov's . Since the interest is not con- centrated on two or three persons , but on a group , and since the theme is their relations with one an- other and the ...
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... known as ' the point . ' It seemed to me that it was reprehensible only if it was not logical , and I thought that the discredit that had been at- tached to it was due only to the fact that it had been too often tacked on , merely for ...
... known as ' the point . ' It seemed to me that it was reprehensible only if it was not logical , and I thought that the discredit that had been at- tached to it was due only to the fact that it had been too often tacked on , merely for ...
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