Edmund Burke book A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful
Part I Section V
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of Our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757)
“He spent considerable time at his clubs; his favorite was the Stuyvesant, because, as he explained to me, its membership was drawn largely from the political and commercial ranks, and he was never drawn into a discussion which required any mental effort”
— S. S. Van Dine, book The Benson Murder Case
Source: The Benson Murder Case (1926), Ch. 1
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