The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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Page 21
... knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me doubtful of his discernment in the productions of our own day : no one could attach so great a value to that work who had an intimate knowledge of ...
... knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me doubtful of his discernment in the productions of our own day : no one could attach so great a value to that work who had an intimate knowledge of ...
Page 87
... knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly prejudice of the intellectual that his is the only one that counts . The True , the Good and the Beautiful are not the perquisites of those who ...
... knowledge . The stockbroker has his knowledge too and so has the artizan . It is a silly prejudice of the intellectual that his is the only one that counts . The True , the Good and the Beautiful are not the perquisites of those who ...
Page 166
... knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an intuition into human nature that will enable him to understand and so to recreate the figures of a past age . I ...
... knowledge of the world , and when , having for years explored the personalities of people around him , he has ac- quired an intuition into human nature that will enable him to understand and so to recreate the figures of a past age . I ...
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