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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... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experi- ments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the pub- lic . I ...
... wanted to see what I could do with more complicated subjects , I wanted to make one or two small technical experi- ments which I thought would be theatrically effective , and I wanted to see how far I could go with the pub- lic . I ...
Page 196
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolish- ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
... wanted to recover my peace of mind shattered through my own foolish- ness and vanity by occurrences upon which I need not dwell and so made up my mind to go to the South Seas . I had wanted to go ever since as a youth I had read The Ebb ...
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... wanted to get what knowledge I could about the general structure of the universe ; I wanted to make up my mind whether I had to consider only this life or a life to come ; I wanted to discover whether I was a free agent or whether my ...
... wanted to get what knowledge I could about the general structure of the universe ; I wanted to make up my mind whether I had to consider only this life or a life to come ; I wanted to discover whether I was a free agent or whether my ...
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