Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankin… - Joseph Addison

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Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation, as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

Joseph Addison

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Joseph Addison (May 1 1672 – June 17 1719) was an English politician and writer. His name is often remembered in tandem with that of his friend, Richard Steele, with whom he founded The Spectator magazine.

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Alternative Names: Joseph Addisson • Right Hon. Joseph Addison • Jozef Adddison

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Ambition raises a secret tumult in the soul, it inflames the mind, and puts it into a violent hurry of thought.

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Let him eat, drink, ask Questions, or dispute,
Still he must speak of Nævia, or be mute.
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