“IT IS STRANGE THAT THERE SHOULD BE SO LITTLE READING IN THE WORLD,

and so much writing. People in general do not willingly read if they can have anything else to amuse them. There must be an external impulse, emulation, or vanity, or avarice. No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events.” Written by Samuel Johnson in the mid 1700′s. Felt by many today.

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January 29, 2009
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