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Dec 23: Sainte-Beuve's WHAT IS A CLASSIC?


Saved from a Bonfire of Books

If all the books in the world were on fire, some men would risk
their lives to save certain priceless writings: the world's classics.
Sainte-Beuve here tells why.

Read: Sainte-Beuve's WHAT IS A CLASSIC? ............    Vol. 32, pp. 121-133