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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Page 196
... exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . Now I entered a new world , and all the instinct in me of a novelist went out with exhilaration to absorb the novelty . It was not only the beauty of the islands that took me , Herman Melville and ...
... exciting ; but beneath it was narrow . Now I entered a new world , and all the instinct in me of a novelist went out with exhilaration to absorb the novelty . It was not only the beauty of the islands that took me , Herman Melville and ...
Page 243
... exciting enough to make it worth his while to risk a tumble . I was much disconcerted by the claim that I found here and there advanced that philosophy was the province of the higher mathematicians ; and though it seemed hard to me to ...
... exciting enough to make it worth his while to risk a tumble . I was much disconcerted by the claim that I found here and there advanced that philosophy was the province of the higher mathematicians ; and though it seemed hard to me to ...
Page 305
... exciting than plain goodness . Good- ness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with ...
... exciting than plain goodness . Good- ness in comparison is a trifle dull . But love has two meanings , love pure and simple , sexual love , namely ; and loving - kindness . I do not think that even Plato distinguished them with ...
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