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Amusement Quote by Mark Twain

“It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

“It is a good thing to write for the amusement of the public, but it is a far higher and nobler thing to write for their instruction, their profit, their actual and tangible benefit.”

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Ordinary people simply don't know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.

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