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[Michael] Chabon is arguing in favor of what is at the same time an old-fashioned and very forward-thinking opening up - of… — Emily Barton Copy Share Image
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There is always room and occasion enough for a true book on any subject; as there is room for more light the… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
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Literature has neglected the old and their emotions. The novelists never told us that in love, as in other matters, the young… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
Books, as Dryden has aptly termed them, are spectacles to read nature. Aeschylus and Aristotle, Shakespeare and Bacon, are priests who preach… — Augustus William Hare Copy Share Image
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