In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in liter… - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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About Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Edward George Earl Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton (25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873) was an English novelist, playwright, and politician.

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Native Name: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1. Baron Lytton

Alternative Names: Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton • Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer • Lord Lytton • Owen Meredith • Pisistratus Caxton • Edward George Earle, 1st Baron Lytton Bulwer-Lytton • Baron Edward Bulwer Lytton • Edward Bulwer Lytton • E. G. L. B. • George Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton

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It is an inevitable law that a man, in spite of himself, should live for something higher than his own happiness. He cannot live in himself or for himself, however egotistical he may try to be. Every desire he has links him with others.

To the man who aspires to know, no man who has been the meanest student of knowledge should be unknown.

Strike from mankind the principle of Faith, and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern. - Edward Bulwer-Lytton

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