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Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve we may give somewhat of novelty to that which was old, condensation to that which was diffuse, perspicuity to that which was obscure, and currency to that which was recondite.
Charles Caleb Colton
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Charles Caleb Colton
Died: 1832
Died: January 1
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That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.
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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason they made no such demand upon those who wrote them.
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