The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1This book represents Maugham's life and philosophy in his own words. It is autobiographical in nature, though most of the work is concerned with Maugham's unique and fascinating opinions on the theatre, writing, metaphysics and the interesting people he encountered in his long and successful career. |
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I hesitated , because I knew that he judged from a standpoint of excellence that is hard to attain ; and though I was aware that he had a profound knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me ...
I hesitated , because I knew that he judged from a standpoint of excellence that is hard to attain ; and though I was aware that he had a profound knowledge of Elizabethan literature , his inordinate admiration for Esther Waters made me ...
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... is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues . xxi Besides teaching me something about human nature my training in a medical school furnished me with an elementary knowledge of science and scientific method .
... is no hindrance to our achieving also something of their virtues . xxi Besides teaching me something about human nature my training in a medical school furnished me with an elementary knowledge of science and scientific method .
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But the king was immersed in affairs of state and could not read so many books , so he bade them go and condense this knowledge into a smaller number . Fifteen years later they returned and their camels carried but five hundred works .
But the king was immersed in affairs of state and could not read so many books , so he bade them go and condense this knowledge into a smaller number . Fifteen years later they returned and their camels carried but five hundred works .
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| Title | The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1 A Mentor book Armed Services ed Armed Services editions Volume 10 of Collected edition of the works of W. Somerset Maugham Volume 5339 of Collection of British authors International Collector's Library Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition of British and American authors Volume 5339 of Tauchnitz edition Works, William Somerset Maugham Works, William Somerset Maugham |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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