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In Urging All Writers To Be Steadfast In Reliance On The Ultimate Victory Of Excellence, We Should No Less Strenuously Urge Upon Them To Beware Of The Intemperate Arrogance Which Attributes Failure To A Degraded Condition Of The Public Mind. The Instinct Which Leads The World To Worship Success Is Not Dangerous. The Book Which Succeeds Accomplishes Its Aim. The Book Which Fails May Have Many Excellencies, But They Must Have Been Misdirected.

If A Work Of Art Is Placed Before Me, I Believe I Can Enjoy It; But I Do Not Overlook The Fact, That Art Is One Thing, Another Thing Amusement; And That People Do Like Amusements, And Will Run After It.

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Books Minister To Our Knowledge, To Our Guidance, And To Our Delight, By Their Truth, Their Uprightness, And Their Art.

In The Air We Breathe, In The Water We Drink, In The Earth We Tread On, Life Is Every Where. Nature Lives: Every Pore Is Bursting With Life ; Every Death Is Only A New Birth, Every Grave A Cradle.