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Samuel Johnson Quotes: To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar
         

To talk in public, to think in solitude, to read and to hear, to inquire and answer inquiries, is the business of the scholar


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