Critical and Miscellaneous Essays: Collected and Republished (first Time, 1839; Final, 1869).

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Colonial Press, 2018 M01 12 - 288 pages
Excerpt from Critical and Miscellaneous, Essays, Vol. 6 of 6: Collected and Republished; (First Time, 1839; Final, 1869)

After all, brevity is the soul ofwitl There is an endless merit in a man's knowing when to have done. The stupidest man, if he will be brief in proportion, may fairly claim some hearing from us: he too. The stupidest man, has seen some thing, heard something, which is his own, distinctly peculiar.

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GOETHES PORTRAIT
3
GOETHES WORKS
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ON HISTORY AGAIN
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