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Henry James

“The power to guess the unseen from the seen, to trace the implication of things, to judge the whole piece by the pattern, the condition of feeling life, in general, so completely that you are well on your way to knowing any particular corner of it-this cluster of gifts may almost be said to constitute experience, and they occur in country and in town, and in the most differing stages of education.”

Henry James, The Art of Fiction
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The Art of Fiction (Notable American Authors Series) The Art of Fiction by Henry James
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