All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a Parisian may still do it. But we, who live remote from history and monuments, we must read or we must barbarise.


The Rise of Silas Lapham (1885)

William Dean Howells Quotes

All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a...

All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a...

All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a...

All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a...