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 84
... suggested the tired scepticism of a philosopher who had plumbed the secrets of existence and discovered nothing but van- ity . Having gradually wasted his small fortune , he preferred to live on the generosity of others rather than work ...
... suggested the tired scepticism of a philosopher who had plumbed the secrets of existence and discovered nothing but van- ity . Having gradually wasted his small fortune , he preferred to live on the generosity of others rather than work ...
Page 169
... suggested to me that the novelist's method of taking two or three people , or even a group , and describing their adventures , spiritual and otherwise , as though no one else existed and nothing else was happening in the world , gave a ...
... suggested to me that the novelist's method of taking two or three people , or even a group , and describing their adventures , spiritual and otherwise , as though no one else existed and nothing else was happening in the world , gave a ...
Page 283
... suggested by a science that is so unstable . Schrödinger himself has stated that a final and comprehensive judgment on the matter is at present impossible . The plain man is justified in sitting on the fence , but perhaps he is prudent ...
... suggested by a science that is so unstable . Schrödinger himself has stated that a final and comprehensive judgment on the matter is at present impossible . The plain man is justified in sitting on the fence , but perhaps he is prudent ...
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