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Thomas De Quincey

Books, we are...

Books, we are told, propose to instruct or to amuse. Indeed! . . . The true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is...

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Solitude, though it...

Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to...

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There is first...

There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to...

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Even imperfection itself...

Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state.

Source: Murder...

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The public is...

The public is a bad guesser.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed. Keith...

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