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  • No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events.

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    James Boswell, Samuel Johnson, Edmond Malone (1824). “The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D., Comprehending an Account of His Studies, and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order: A Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published; the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Near Half a Century During which He Flourished”, p.209
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No man reads a book of science from pure inclination. The books that we do read with pleasure are light compositions, which contain a quick succession of events. - Samuel Johnson
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