We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking. (Jonathan Swift)

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.

Jonathan Swift

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