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William Somerset Maugham. I WRITE this book to disembarrass my soul of certain notions that have hovered about in it too long for my comfort . I do not seek to persuade anybody . I am devoid of the pedagogic instinct ... soul of certain ...
William Somerset Maugham. I WRITE this book to disembarrass my soul of certain notions that have hovered about in it too long for my comfort . I do not seek to persuade anybody . I am devoid of the pedagogic instinct ... soul of certain ...
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... soul . From this he concluded , not as you would have thought sensible that man should cultivate the three forms of activity which he ascribed to him , but that he should pursue only that which is especial to him . Philosophers and ...
... soul . From this he concluded , not as you would have thought sensible that man should cultivate the three forms of activity which he ascribed to him , but that he should pursue only that which is especial to him . Philosophers and ...
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... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth ...
... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of childbirth ...
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