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“And therefore, Reader, I myself am the subject of my book: it is not reasonable that you should employ your leisure on a topic so frivolous and so vain.
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Therefore, Farewell:”
― The Essays: A Selection
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― The Complete Essays
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― The Essays: A Selection
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