Francis A. Durivage
Published: 2015-06-26
Total Pages: 209
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Excerpt from The Glenaloon and Other Poems Shall a man devote himself exclusively to literature, or shall he pursue some trade or profession as an a business, and literature as a an accessory or mere by-business? The discussion of this question by Coleridge and De Quincey led those writers from their different points of view to diametrically opposite conclusions. Coleridge solemnly adjured the aspirant to literary distinction - "Never pursue literature as a trade!" while De Quincey as solemnly declared one point to be clear to his judgment - "that literature must decay, unless we have a class wholly dedicated to that service, not pursuing it as an amusement, only with weary and pre-occupied minds." Here, as in most cases, the truth of the matter probably lies somewhere between extreme opinions on both sides. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.