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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... soul is constantly enriched by fresh ex- perience . There is no more fruitful source of this than the enchanting exploration of the great litera- tures of the past . For the production of a work of art is not [ 94 ] THE SUMMING UP.
... soul is constantly enriched by fresh ex- perience . There is no more fruitful source of this than the enchanting exploration of the great litera- tures of the past . For the production of a work of art is not [ 94 ] THE SUMMING UP.
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... soul . This is a counsel of perfection and in an im- perfect world a certain indulgence should be be- stowed on the professional writer ; but this surely is the aim he should keep before him . He does [ 181 ] THE SUMMING UP xlviii ...
... soul . This is a counsel of perfection and in an im- perfect world a certain indulgence should be be- stowed on the professional writer ; but this surely is the aim he should keep before him . He does [ 181 ] THE SUMMING UP xlviii ...
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... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of child- birth ...
... soul . It is his nature to create as it is the nature of water to run down hill . It is not for nothing that artists have called their works the children of their brains and likened the pains of production to the pains of child- birth ...
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