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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by pfarrell on Friday October 06, 2017 @04:37PM (#15420256)
Whoso belongs only to his own age, and reverences only its gilt Popinjays or smoot-smeared Mumbojumbos, must needs die with it. - Thomas Carlyle
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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by ogre_magi on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:21PM (#15420563)
Every time I read, chew, and fully digest a Carlyle sentence, I feel full.

Most contemporary writing feels like cotton candy that dissolves easily in the mind, when compared to the rack of lamb you take in from Carlyle.

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Re:Lost Laughs in Leisure Suit Larry by pfarrell on Friday October 06, 2017 @05:34PM (#15420647)
Well said.
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