Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of m…

Samuel Johnson
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Criticism, though dignified from the earliest ages by the labours of men eminent for knowledge and sagacity, has not yet attained the certainty and stability of science. ✨ Samuel Johnson (1827). The Rambler, p.27
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