Monday, March 17, 2014

 

A Sedative

The Journal of Sir Walter Scott, ed. W.E.K. Anderson (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972), p. 540 (March 29, 1829):
This muddling among old books has the quality of a sedative and saves the tear and wear of an overwrought brain.

Fritz Wagner, Der Chronist

# posted by Michael Gilleland @ 2:43 AM


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