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The love of letters is the forlorn hope of the man of letters. His ruling passion is the love of fame.

William Hazlitt

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William Hazlitt
Journalist
Literary Critic
Literary Historian
Painter
Philosopher
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Wm. Haslett
William Carew Hazlitt
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