He gives us the very quintessence of perception,—the clearly crystalized precipitation of all that is most precious in the ferment of impression after the impertinent and obtrusive particulars have evaporated from the memory.
Coleridge.
If I were asked what book is better than a cheap book, I should answer that there is one book better than a cheap book,—and that is a book honestly come by.
Before the U. S. Senate Committee on Patents, Jan. 29, 1886.
Footnotes
[659:1] See Moore, page [519].
[660:1] See Emerson, page [604].
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