Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser. (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow)

Many readers judge of the power of a book by the shock it gives their feelings as some savage tribes determine the power of muskets by their recoil that being considered best which fairly prostrates the purchaser.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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