Alas! is there not wisdom enough extant for the instruction… - Washington Irving

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Alas! is there not wisdom enough extant for the instruction of the world? And if not, are there not thousands of abler pens labouring for its improvement? — It is so much pleasanter to please than to instruct — to play the companion rather than the preceptor.

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Washington Irving (3 April 1783 – 28 November 1859) was an American short story writer, essayist, biographer, historian, and diplomat of the early 19th century.

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Pen Names: Diedrich Knickerbocker • Geoffrey Crayon • Launcelot Langstaff

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