The disconnected impressions which we derive from life form… - Logan Pearsall Smith

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The disconnected impressions which we derive from life form a kind of knowledge ‘in growth,’ as Bacon called it; an over-early and peremptory attempt to digest this knowledge into a system tends, as he suggests, to falsify and distort it.

Logan Pearsall Smith

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About Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith (October 18, 1865 – March 2, 1946) was an American-born British essayist and critic. Harvard and Oxford educated, he was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, and was an expert on 17th century divines.

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Alternative Names: Lloyd Logan Pearsall Smith

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Charming people live up to the very edge of their charm, and behave just as outrageously as the world allows.

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