We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they… - George Saintsbury

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We shall not busy ourselves with what men ought to have admired, what they ought to have written, what they ought to have thought, but with what they did think, write, admire.

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About George Saintsbury

George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (23 October 1845 – 28 January 1933) was a prolific and popular English historian and literary scholar.

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Birth Name: George Edward Bateman Saintsbury
Alternative Names: G. Sa
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