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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It is , I suppose , these lewd , ugly , base and selfish thoughts , dwelling in their minds against their will , that have tormented the saints when their lives were devoted to good works and repentance had redeemed the sins of their ...
It is , I suppose , these lewd , ugly , base and selfish thoughts , dwelling in their minds against their will , that have tormented the saints when their lives were devoted to good works and repentance had redeemed the sins of their ...
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It is very different now , and the difference has been occasioned , I suppose , by the advent of the cinema . Today , audiences , especially in English - speaking countries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having ...
It is very different now , and the difference has been occasioned , I suppose , by the advent of the cinema . Today , audiences , especially in English - speaking countries , have learnt to see the point of a scene at once and having ...
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... be that in other parts of the universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created .
... be that in other parts of the universe other planets have had the possibility of forming a suitable environment to that substance from which , we suppose , along the vast course of time the men we are have been gradually created .
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| Title | The Summing Up A Mentor book Volume 597 of American Penguins Volume 597 of Penguin books |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 23 Nov 2005 |
| ISBN | 0451603583, 9780451603586 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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