To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar
Samuel Johnson (1977). “Selected Poetry and Prose”, p.85, Univ of California Press
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To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar