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Nobody in the office , including himself , had believed the thing in the least
degree possible . But everyone , including himself , agreed that , once the
change had been made , the thing had proved to be feasible and everyone ' s
work became ...
Nobody in the office , including himself , had believed the thing in the least
degree possible . But everyone , including himself , agreed that , once the
change had been made , the thing had proved to be feasible and everyone ' s
work became ...
Page 125
Though the whole thing concerned me intimately , completely fascinated , with a
grim objectivity I watched him “ dealing ... by quoting the account of it which I
wrote to Lytton at the time : March 24 , 1907 Jaffna I am sick and tired of things
and I ...
Though the whole thing concerned me intimately , completely fascinated , with a
grim objectivity I watched him “ dealing ... by quoting the account of it which I
wrote to Lytton at the time : March 24 , 1907 Jaffna I am sick and tired of things
and I ...
Page 159
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and
fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a
' religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions . When I got to ...
Another thing I liked about the Sinhalese was their religion . I am essentially and
fundamentally irreligious , as I have explained in Sowing , but , if one must have a
' religion , Buddhism seems to me superior to all other religions . When I got to ...
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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 Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 256 pages |
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