"I have observed that vulgar readers almost always lose their veneration for the writings of the genius with whom they have had personal intercourse."

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The wonderful fortune of some writers deludes and leads to misery a great number of young people. It cannot be too often repeated that it is dangerous to enter upon a career of letters without some other means of living. An illustrious author has said in these times, "Literature must not be leant on as upon a crutch; it is little more than a stick.

— Jean Antoine Petit-Senn