The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or b…

Samuel Johnson
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The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. ✨ 'A Free Enquiry' (1757, ed. D. Greene, 1984) reviewing Soame Jenyns
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The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endure it. ✨ 'A Free Enquiry' (1757, ed. D. Greene, 1984) reviewing Soame Jenyns

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