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 117
... look up and saw the clouds lit by the setting sun . I paused to look at the lovely sight and I thought to myself : Thank God , I can look at a sunset now without hav- ing to think how to describe it . I meant then never to write another ...
... look up and saw the clouds lit by the setting sun . I paused to look at the lovely sight and I thought to myself : Thank God , I can look at a sunset now without hav- ing to think how to describe it . I meant then never to write another ...
Page 287
... look upon themselves as men's in- feriors and withal insisted on their right , their new- won right , to join in all ... look forward to economic changes that will transform civilization . They will not know the easy , sheltered ...
... look upon themselves as men's in- feriors and withal insisted on their right , their new- won right , to join in all ... look forward to economic changes that will transform civilization . They will not know the easy , sheltered ...
Page 308
... look at from a distance and know for the mirage it was . When I look back on my life , with its successes and its failures , its endless errors , its deceptions and its fulfilments , its joys and miseries , it seems to me strangely ...
... look at from a distance and know for the mirage it was . When I look back on my life , with its successes and its failures , its endless errors , its deceptions and its fulfilments , its joys and miseries , it seems to me strangely ...
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