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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... facts ? ' Taking it all in all I am bound to con- clude that the professor at her college would not have given me very ... fact lenient . They interested me peculiarly because I inferred that this was the way in which he dealt with the ...
... facts ? ' Taking it all in all I am bound to con- clude that the professor at her college would not have given me very ... fact lenient . They interested me peculiarly because I inferred that this was the way in which he dealt with the ...
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... fact is that they are suspicious of form . They find in it a sort of airlessness ; its constraint irks them ; they ... Facts indeed are often very tire- some . They will give a suggestion that excites the imagination , but then are apt ...
... fact is that they are suspicious of form . They find in it a sort of airlessness ; its constraint irks them ; they ... Facts indeed are often very tire- some . They will give a suggestion that excites the imagination , but then are apt ...
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... fact is that they do not want many of the things that to others of us appear essential . It is fortunate for the well - to - do . For he is blind who will not see that in the lives of the proletariat in the great cities all is misery ...
... fact is that they do not want many of the things that to others of us appear essential . It is fortunate for the well - to - do . For he is blind who will not see that in the lives of the proletariat in the great cities all is misery ...
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