Nothing lives in literature but that which has the vitality… - Edwin Percy Whipple

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Nothing lives in literature but that which has the vitality of creative art; and it would be safe advice to the young to read nothing but what is old.

Edwin Percy Whipple

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Edwin Percy Whipple (March 8, 1819 – June 16, 1886) was a literary critic and essayist from Massachusetts.

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Nothing lives in literature but that which has the vitality of creative art; and it would be safe advice to the young to read nothing but what is old. - Edwin Percy Whipple

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