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Bless you, Sir Walter Besant, you’ve made my morning.

‘The general—the Philistine—view of the Profession, is, first of all, thatit is not one which a scholar and a man of serious views should take up:the telling of stories is inconsistent with a well-balanced mind; to be ateller of stories disqualifies one from a hearing on important subjects.’

From The Art of Fiction. 😀