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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... believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step . A good style should show no sign of effort . What is written should seem a happy accident . I think no one in ...
... believe a man was very intent on ploughing a furrow if he carried a hoop with him and jumped through it at every other step . A good style should show no sign of effort . What is written should seem a happy accident . I think no one in ...
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... believe that a man can doubt his wife's fidelity because someone tells him he has found her handkerchief in somebody else's possession , well and good , that is sufficient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six ...
... believe that a man can doubt his wife's fidelity because someone tells him he has found her handkerchief in somebody else's possession , well and good , that is sufficient motive for his jealousy ; if they will believe that a six ...
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... believe in him . I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense . Plutarch long ago put the matter succinctly . ' I would much rather , ' he writes , ' have ...
... believe in him . I cannot believe in a God who is less tolerant than I. I cannot believe in a God who has neither humour nor common sense . Plutarch long ago put the matter succinctly . ' I would much rather , ' he writes , ' have ...
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