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There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach; the function of the second is -- to move.

Thomas de Quincey
Moving, Literature, Firsts
Thomas De Quincey (1862). “Leaders in literature”, p.5
There is first the literature of KNOWLEDGE, and secondly, the literature of POWER. The function of the first is -- to teach; the function of the second is -- to move.