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Samuel Butler (novelist) - Intellectual over...
Intellectual over-indulgence is the most gratuitous and disgraceful form which excess can take, nor is there any the consequences of which are more disastrous. (Samuel Butler (novelist))

Intellectual over-indulgence is the most gratuitous and disgraceful form which excess can take, nor is there any the consequences of which are more disastrous.

Samuel Butler (novelist)

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