The enormous and half-educated publics of present-day England and America... acclaim as masterpieces books that are soon forgotten, while ignoring all that is exquisite and rare. (Logan Pearsall Smith)

The enormous and half-educated publics of present-day England and America... acclaim as masterpieces books that are soon forgotten, while ignoring all that is exquisite and rare.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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