James Russell Lowell (1819–1891) American poet, critic, editor, and diplomat
Before the U. S. Senate Committee on Patents (29 January 1886)
“It is is better to know one book intimately than a hundred superficially.”
— Donna Tartt, book The Secret History
Source: The Secret History
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