Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer. - Hugh Kingsmill

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Hamlet is egotism as it appears to itself, and Don Quixote is egotism as it appears to the detached observer.

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About Hugh Kingsmill

Hugh Kingsmill Lunn (21 November 1889 – 15 May 1949) was an English biographer, literary critic, fiction-writer and anthologist. As an author he generally used only his first two names.

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Alternative Names: Hugh Kingsmill Lunn
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There are dons who care for the intellect and the imagination, and there are priests who care for the spirit; but broadly speaking the function of universities and churches alike is to trim and tame enthusiasm, to suppress curiosity, and, in short, to whittle immortal souls into serviceable props of the established order.

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