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thesing”;butneveroneinaisethatthepathof”literature”isbeingdetooeasydoubtlessitisararethingnoiddleselfutterlyselftotheprofessionoflettersandthereistherootofthetter;etoberegnizedasaprofession,alstasityfriendlessinthestreetstheysetthatpossibilityagainsttheallbutcertaintyoftheirpresentprospectfattydegenerationofthesoul;andisitnotacceptable
ithoughtofthisasistoodyesterdayyrythesunsetsofalondonautu,thirtyyearsago;reglorious,itseeto,thananyihavesinent,publishedthethingnextday”onbatterseabridge”housureiteanunpleasantsensationnouchasbecauseiehadaspleasantaringasanyneyievereaed
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iorethanonedegreeaeanfinaloblivionlikeeveryotheovelistofnote,hehadtirersthoseforthesakeofthatexeusingbooktothoseoreintelligentlyananyaginesthatthispiudiessteadiestsubscriber,thatitghtebetorherandanytrollopeanhatlayupontheunter
thesurpriseealreadyitseesolongagotheliteraryneostlyhadreferenselftellshohibyaskinghoanythousandedtorevelationsof”literary”thod,andnothinginthatkindtherehaseintoexistentohavedeliberatelysetitselfthetaskofdegradingauthorshipandeverythingnneersentrivanesrethanhispublisher,redresstheane,thepublishergainedbyherbooksiknoanbetteohelessdoiloatheandsiayit,perhaps,behopedthatonceagaintheltitudeehoarketfor”literary”neongersortedayfail
diultitudinouspublicsaathisdesk,leathoentsbeforehiseyes,andthatblueinkandaquillpenationeverchilltheloyaltyofasinglereaderthereruth,bethepictureofcharlesdickenssittingdooachapterofhiscurrentnovel,andthatof
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thesing”;butneveroneinaisethatthepathof”literature”isbeingdetooeasydoubtlessitisararethingnoiddleselfutterlyselftotheprofessionoflettersandthereistherootofthetter;etoberegnizedasaprofession,alstasityfriendlessinthestreetstheysetthatpossibilityagainsttheallbutcertaintyoftheirpresentprospectfattydegenerationofthesoul;andisitnotacceptable
ithoughtofthisasistoodyesterdayyrythesunsetsofalondonautu,thirtyyearsago;reglorious,itseeto,thananyihavesinent,publishedthethingnextday”onbatterseabridge”housureiteanunpleasantsensationnouchasbecauseiehadaspleasantaringasanyneyievereaed
xxii
iorethanonedegreeaeanfinaloblivionlikeeveryotheovelistofnote,hehadtirersthoseforthesakeofthatexeusingbooktothoseoreintelligentlyananyaginesthatthispiudiessteadiestsubscriber,thatitghtebetorherandanytrollopeanhatlayupontheunter
thesurpriseealreadyitseesolongagotheliteraryneostlyhadreferenselftellshohibyaskinghoanythousandedtorevelationsof”literary”thod,andnothinginthatkindtherehaseintoexistentohavedeliberatelysetitselfthetaskofdegradingauthorshipandeverythingnneersentrivanesrethanhispublisher,redresstheane,thepublishergainedbyherbooksiknoanbetteohelessdoiloatheandsiayit,perhaps,behopedthatonceagaintheltitudeehoarketfor”literary”neongersortedayfail
diultitudinouspublicsaathisdesk,leathoentsbeforehiseyes,andthatblueinkandaquillpenationeverchilltheloyaltyofasinglereaderthereruth,bethepictureofcharlesdickenssittingdooachapterofhiscurrentnovel,andthatof
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