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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... common sense suggested to me that it was anæmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air , action , violence , and I found it ...
... common sense suggested to me that it was anæmic stuff ; behind those elaborate , gracious periods I was conscious of a tired , wan personality . I was young , lusty and energetic ; I wanted fresh air , action , violence , and I found it ...
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... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
... common sense to extract its utmost value from it ; the future will one day be the present and will seem as unimportant as the present does now . But common sense avails me little . I do not find the present unsatisfactory ; I merely ...
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... Common experience , espe- cially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Im- mortality is too stupendous a notion to be enter- tained in connection with common mortals . They are too ...
... Common experience , espe- cially the common experience of philosophers , shows that a great many men are no great shakes . Im- mortality is too stupendous a notion to be enter- tained in connection with common mortals . They are too ...
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