"My readers, who may at first be apt……" — James Boswell

"My readers, who may at first be apt to consider Quotation as downright pedantry, will be surprised when I assure them, that next to the simple imitation of sounds and gestures, Quotation is the most natural and most frequent habitude of human nature. For, Quotation must not be confined to passages adduced out of authors. He who cites the opinion, or remark, or saying of another, whether it has been written or spoken, is certainly one who quotes; and this we shall find to be universally practiced."

— James Boswell

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For I am well aware that scarcely a single point is discussed in this volume on which facts cannot be… — Charles Darwin
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