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The Old Prose Writers Wrote As If They Were Speaking To An Audience; While, Among Us, Prose Is Invariably Written For The Eye Alone.
-Reinhold Niebuhr
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The Old Prose Writers Wrote As If
Reinhold Niebuhr
The Old Prose Writers Wrote As If They Were Speaking To An Audience; While, Among Us, Prose Is Invariably Written For The Eye Alone.
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