Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. (Joseph Addison)

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors.

Joseph Addison

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