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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I suppose that you can learn a good deal about human nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie ...
I suppose that you can learn a good deal about human nature in a solicitor's office ; but there on the whole you have to deal with men in full control of themselves . They lie perhaps as much as they lie to the doctor , but they lie ...
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... express himself as inadequately as a bar - lounger , grossly misrepresents the truth . It has narrowed the range of character that the dramatist can deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray ...
... express himself as inadequately as a bar - lounger , grossly misrepresents the truth . It has narrowed the range of character that the dramatist can deal with , for he can only show this by speech , and it is impossible to portray ...
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We may suppose that consciousness was kindled in man as an instrument to enable him to deal with his environment and that for long ages it reached no higher development than was needed to deal with the vital problems of his practice .
We may suppose that consciousness was kindled in man as an instrument to enable him to deal with his environment and that for long ages it reached no higher development than was needed to deal with the vital problems of his practice .
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| Title | The Summing Up A Mentor book Volume 597 of American Penguins Volume 597 of Penguin books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| ISBN | 0451603583, 9780451603586 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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