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“There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach; the function of the second is -- to move.”
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“Books, we are told, propose to instruct" or to amuse." Indeed! . . . The true antithesis to knowledge, in this case, is not pleasure," but power."”
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“Nobody will laugh long who deals much with opium: its pleasures even are of a grave and solemn complexion.”
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“In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage.”
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“Even imperfection itself may have its ideal or perfect state”
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“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, oh just, subtle, and mighty opium!”
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“Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest.”
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“The public is a bad guesser.”
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“Thou hast the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty opium!”
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