The book of the world, so richly studied by autodidacts, is being closed by the "learned,” who are raising walls of opinions to shut the world out. (Saul Bellow)

The book of the world, so richly studied by autodidacts, is being closed by the "learned,” who are raising walls of opinions to shut the world out.

Saul Bellow

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