All the revision in the world will not save a bad first draft: for the architecture of the thing comes, or fails to come, in the first conception, and revision only affects the detail and ornament, alas!

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All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...

All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses...

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

The printing press is the greatest weapon in the armoury of the modern commander.

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack,...

It seemed that rebellion must have an unassailable base, something guarded not merely from attack,...

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he...

The Beduin could not look for God within him: he was too sure that he...

Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For...

Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For...

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like...

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like...

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose;...

Men have looked upon the desert as barren land, the free holding of whoever chose;...

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, &...

I've been & am absurdly over-estimated. There are no supermen & I'm quite ordinary, &...

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it...

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it...

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...

There could be no honor in sure success, but much might be wrested from a...

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe...

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe...