Herbert Read (1893–1968) English anarchist, poet, and critic of literature and art
'Phases of English Poetry' Hogarth Press (1928)
Phases in English Poetry (1928)
“In the present day, however, the province of Rhetoric, in the widest acceptation that would reckoned admissible, comprehends all "Composition in Prose;" in the narrowest sense, it would be limited to "Persuasive Speaking."”
Introduction, p. 4
Elements of Rhetoric (1828)
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John Heyl Vincent (1832–1920) American theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 414.
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Bob Black (1951) American anarchist
Preface to The Right To Be Greedy (1983 edition)
Context: Egoism in its narrowest sense is a tautology, not a tactic. Adolescents of all ages who triumphantly trumpet that "everyone is selfish," as if they’d made a factual discovery about the world, only show that they literally don’t know what they’re talking about. Practical egoism must be something more, it must tell the egoist something useful about himself and other selves which will make a difference in his life (and, as it happens, theirs). My want, needs, desires, whims — call them what you will — extend the ego, which is my-self purposively acting, out where the other selves await me. If I deal with them, as the economists say, "at arm’s length," I can’t get as close as I need to for so much of what I want. At any rate, no "spook," no ideology is going to get in my way. Do you have ideas, or do ideas have you?
Charles Henry Fowler (1837–1908) American bishop
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Oprah Winfrey (1954) American businesswoman, talk show host, actress, producer, and philanthropist
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William A. Henry III (1950–1994) American critic
In Defense of Elitism
Ki divers cunte veut traitier,
Diversement deit comencier
E parler si rainablement
K'il seit pleisibles a la gent.
"Milun", line 1; p. 97.
Lais
Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834) British political economist
Source: An Essay on The Principle of Population (First Edition 1798, unrevised), Chapter V, paragraph 3, lines 5-8