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Books have become our dearest companions, yielding exquisite delights and inspiring lofty aims.
George Henry Lewes
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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
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London
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To his [ Plato's ] great disappointment, he found Anaxagoras adducing simple physical reasons, instead of the teleological reasons, which he had expected. Such a teacher could no longer allure him.
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It is always understood as an expression of condemnation when anything in Literature or Art is said to be done for effect and yet to produce an effect is the aim and end of both.
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Science is the systematic classification of experience.
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The public can only be really moved by what is genuine.
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The artist is called a creator.
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Character is built out of circumstances. From exactly the same materials, one man builds palaces, while another builds hovels.
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Except in the rare cases of great dynamic thinkers whose thoughts are as turning-points in the history of our race, it is by Style that writers gain distinction, by Style they secure their immortality.
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Books minister to our knowledge, to our guidance, and to our delight, by their truth, their uprightness, and their art.
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Originality is independence, not rebellion it is sincerity, not antagonism.
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No deeply rooted tendency was ever extirpated by adverse judgment. Not having originally been founded on argument, it cannot be destroyed by logic.
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