Literature soon becomes a power, not what it once was, a passion; but literary success, like all others, is only to be obtained, and retained, by lab… - Letitia Elizabeth Landon

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Literature soon becomes a power, not what it once was, a passion; but literary success, like all others, is only to be obtained, and retained, by labour — and labour and inclination do not always go together. Take all our most eminent writers, and the quantity of work, hard work, they have got through, will be found enormous and perpetual. Literature, as a profession, allows little leisure, and less indulgence.