If people like being deceived — and this can hardly be doubted — there can rarely have been a time during which they can have had more of the wish than now. The literary, scientific and religious worlds vie with one another in trying to gratify the public.


Populus Vult - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part XII - The Enfant Terrible of Literature


If people like being deceived — and this can hardly be doubted — there can rarely have been a time during which they can have had more of the...

If people like being deceived — and this can hardly be doubted — there can rarely have been a time during which they can have had more of the...

If people like being deceived — and this can hardly be doubted — there can rarely have been a time during which they can have had more of the...

If people like being deceived — and this can hardly be doubted — there can rarely have been a time during which they can have had more of the...