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A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

A vision of truth which does not call upon us to get out of our armchair - why, this is the desideratum of mankind.

John Jay Chapman (1970). “The Collected Works of John Jay Chapman: Greek studies”

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

Edward Carpenter (1916). “My days and dreams: being autobiographical notes”

Everything I have ever written has been in the same chair, in the same room.

Interview with Sarah Kinson, www.theguardian.com. May 17, 2007.

My chair was nearest to the fire In every company That talked of love or politics, Ere Time transfigured me.

William Butler Yeats (1997). “The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats: Volume I: The Poems, 2nd Edition”, p.42, Simon and Schuster