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Percy Wyndham Lewis

Self Condemned

Published by Good Press, 2021

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EAN 4066338079282

Table of Contents

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THE RESIGNATION

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CHAPTER I

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That Other Man Again

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'If you call five six, you embarrass five, seeing that people then are going to expect of him the refulgence of six.' He looked up, coughed and continued. 'If you rename six seven, far more bustle is expected of him. I have been speaking, naturally, of the ante-meridian. In the post-meridian it is the reverse. Put your clock on, call five-thirty six-thirty, and people will exclaim how much more light six-thirty has. You push back the night. If you call Clara Stella, people would say how dull Stella has become, or how bright Clara has become. Five and six, post-meridian, are like Stella and Clara. See?'

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