Dr. Johnson has said that the chief glory of a country arises from its authors. But then that is only as they are oracles of wisdom; unless they teach virtue, they are more worthy of a halter than of the laurel.

— Jane Porter Aphorisms of Sir Philip Sidney; with Remarks (1807)

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