“The only sensible ends of literature are, first,
the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and
friends; and lastly, the solid cash.”—American novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), letter to Horatio
Bridge, March 15, 1851, quoted in Horatio Bridge, Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1893)Wednesday, June 14, 2017
Quote of the Day (Nathaniel Hawthorne, on the ‘Only Sensible Ends of Literature’)
“The only sensible ends of literature are, first,
the pleasurable toil of writing; second, the gratification of one's family and
friends; and lastly, the solid cash.”—American novelist and short-story writer Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), letter to Horatio
Bridge, March 15, 1851, quoted in Horatio Bridge, Personal Recollections of Nathaniel Hawthorne (1893)
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