“May it [the opposition to fine writing] be accounted for by the fact that the spirit of Puritanism, having been banished from the province of moral conduct, has found a refuge among the arts?”

— Logan Pearsall Smith

“Fine Writing,” p. 306
Reperusals and Recollections (1936)

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British American-born writer 1865–1946

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“May it [the opposition to fine writing] be accounted for by the fact that the spirit of Puritanism, having been banished from the province of moral conduct, has found a refuge among the arts?”

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