WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.
IMAGINARY CONVERSATION. BY WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR.
SANDT AND KOTZEBUE.
Sandt.—Generally men of letters in our days, contrary to the practice of antiquity, are little fond of admitting the young and unlearned into their studies or their society.
Kotzebue.—They should rather those than others. The young must cease to be young, and the unlearned may cease to be unlearned. According to the letters you bring with you, sir, there is only youth against you. In the seclusion of a college life, you appear to have studied with much assiduity and advantage, and to have pursued no other courses than the paths of wisdom.
Sandt.—Do you approve of the pursuit?
Kotzebue.—Who does not?