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	"There are two methods for the literary study of any book - the first being the study of its thought and emotion; the second only that of its workmanship. A student of literature should study some of the Bible from both points of view." - -- Lafcadio hearn

Top 5 quotes from Lafcadio hearn

"It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality."
"Just as there is a science of political economy, there is a science of ethical economy; and it is in relation to such a science that we should rationally consider the influence of all religions teaching self-suppression."
"It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese."
"The proverbial philosophy of a people helps us to understand more about them than any other kind of literature."
"At last, in 1611, was made, under the auspices of King James, the famous King James version; and this is the great literary monument of the English language."

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