Thorstein Veblen Quote

The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior utility in the aesthetic respect; but it is not unusual to find a well-bred book-lover insisting that the clumsier product is also more serviceable as a vehicle of printed speech.


Thorstein Veblen, R.H. Tawney, John Maynard Keynes (ed. 1990)


The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior...

The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior...

The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior...

The superior excellence imputed to the book, which imitates the products of antique and obsolete processes, is conceived to be chiefly a superior...