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Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not
unimportant . Up in one ' s brain and deep down in one ' s heart and one ' s belly ,
the quality of one ' s life is very much affected by its tempo ; the tempo of living is
itself ...
Today one does the journey easily in four hours . The difference is not
unimportant . Up in one ' s brain and deep down in one ' s heart and one ' s belly ,
the quality of one ' s life is very much affected by its tempo ; the tempo of living is
itself ...
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verd The Arabs were not always calm ; when they rushed up the beach with their
great sacks of oysters , talking at the top of their voices , shouting , laughing , the
noise was tremendous , and it was wonderful when above the tumult one heard ...
verd The Arabs were not always calm ; when they rushed up the beach with their
great sacks of oysters , talking at the top of their voices , shouting , laughing , the
noise was tremendous , and it was wonderful when above the tumult one heard ...
Page 148
But if one has the temerity to write an autobiography , then one is under an
obligation not to conceal . The only point in an autobiography is to give , as far as
one can , in the most simple , clear , and truthful way , a picture , first of one ' s
own ...
But if one has the temerity to write an autobiography , then one is under an
obligation not to conceal . The only point in an autobiography is to give , as far as
one can , in the most simple , clear , and truthful way , a picture , first of one ' s
own ...
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| Title | Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Volume 2 Growing: An Autobiography of the Years 1904-1911, Leonard Woolf Volume 2 of Woolf, Leonard: An autobiography of the years |
| Author | Leonard Woolf |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Harcourt, Brace & World, 1962 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 30 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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