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We are creatures of the moment; we live from one little space to another, and only one interest at a time fills these.

William Dean Howells

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.

William Dean Howells

We live, but a world has passed away
With the years that perished to make us men.

William Dean Howells