John Cowper Powys (1872–1963) British writer, lecturer and philosopher
The Pleasures of Literature (1938), p. 17 <!-- London: Cassell -->
“Man is the animal who weeps and laughs — and writes.”
If the first Prometheus brought fire from heaven in a fennel-stalk, the last will take it back — in a book.
The Pleasures of Literature (1938), p. 17
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