Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2"Leonard Woolf, aged twenty-four, went forth to help rule the British Empire. He returned home to London at thirty-one an older and wiser man. Soon afterward, he married Virginia Stephen. Growing is the story of the years in between, just before the growth of the Bloomsbury Group in London." -- Dust jacket. |
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... fact happened was that I had put the finishing touches to a façade behind which I could con- ceal or camouflage my intellect and also hide from most people , both in Ceylon and for the remainder of my life , the fact that I am mentally ...
... fact happened was that I had put the finishing touches to a façade behind which I could con- ceal or camouflage my intellect and also hide from most people , both in Ceylon and for the remainder of my life , the fact that I am mentally ...
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... fact that I had brought a dog with me - which had hardly if ever been done by a civil servant before — was well thought of and began to counteract Voltaire , and the two things , the one so obviously right and the other so obviously ...
... fact that I had brought a dog with me - which had hardly if ever been done by a civil servant before — was well thought of and began to counteract Voltaire , and the two things , the one so obviously right and the other so obviously ...
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... fact from the world in general and even from the not quite intelligent enough intel- lectuals . But if one has the temerity to write an auto- biography , then one is under an obligation not to conceal . The only point in an ...
... fact from the world in general and even from the not quite intelligent enough intel- lectuals . But if one has the temerity to write an auto- biography , then one is under an obligation not to conceal . The only point in an ...
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