To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inqui…

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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 ✨ 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 ✨ Samuel Johnson (1977). Selected Poetry and Prose, p.85, Univ of California Press

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