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Harriet Martineau: Readers are plentiful:...

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Readers are plentiful: thinkers are rare.

Source: Society in America, vol. 3, Occupation, 1837.
-- Harriet Martineau, (Jun 12 1802-1876), English social reformer, writer; Despite deafness and heart disease, she was prominent among English intellectuals of her time; wrote The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte.


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