The primary reason to study Blake and Dickinson and Freud and Dickens is not to become more cultivated, or more articulate, or to be someone who at a cocktail party is never embarrassed (but can embarrass others). The ultimate reason to read them is to see if they may know you better than you know yourself.
- Mark Edmundson
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Hmmm, I don't know about Freud.
ReplyDeleteOh, I would agree. I don't want Freud telling me anything about myself. He don't know me. :)
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