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it aren't to be expected--so the sooner you do learn, the better"

"Huain, they wants love in

a book nowadays, and wot's more they will have it"

"They?" said I

"The folk as will read your book--after it is written"

"Ah! to be sure," said I, sootten theht went to read it--after it is

written"

"But," said the Tinker, rubbing his nose hard, "books are written

for people to read, aren't they?"

"Not always," said I

Hereupon the Tinker rubbed his nose harder than ever

"Many of the world's greatest books, those masterpieces which

have lived and shall live on forever, ritten (as I believe)

for the pure love of writing the to my theme, "and with little or no idea

of the eyes of those unborn generations which were to read and

hts

untra tastes and fashions, unbounded by narrow

creed or popular prejudice"