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BOOK BAG,#502

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From: The Washington Post
Date: 19881218
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This lifelong pal of Charles Lamb was a college drop-out and for a while thought of emigrating to America to found a utopian community. Instead he became the most perceptive literary critic of his time. However, he took a dim view of readers. Here is how he classified them:

"Sponges, who absorb all they read and return it nearly in the same state, only a little dirtied.

"Sand-glasses, who retain nothing, and are content to get through a book for the sake of getting through the time.

"Strain-bags, who retain merely the dregs of what they read.

"Mogul diamonds, equally rare and valuable, ...

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