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A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page.

Robert Aris Willmott
Reading, People, Friendly
Robert Aris WILLMOTT (1851). “Pleasures,objects and advantages of literature”, p.87
A good reader is nearly as rare as a good writer. People bring their prejudices, whether friendly or adverse. They are lamp and spectacles, lighting and magnifying the page.