There is first the literature of knowledge, and secondly, the
literature of power. The function of the first is--to teach; the
function of the second is--to move, the first is a rudder, the
second an oar or a sail. The first speaks to the mere discursive
understanding; the second speaks ultimately, it may happen, to
the higher understanding or reason, but always through affections
of pleasure and sympathy.
- Thomas De Quincey ("The Opium Eater"),
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Literature is the immortality of speech.
Literature is the immortality of speech.
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A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.
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Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on tormenting the generations to come.
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If thou shouldst never see my face again,Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayerThan this world dreams of. - The Passing of Arthur.
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To provoke dreams of terror in the slumber of prosperity has become the moral duty of literature.
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A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
A novel is a mirror carried along a main road.
