Abstract
People who use their erudition to write for a learned minority… don't seem to me favored by fortune but rather to be pitied for their continuous self-torture They add, change, remove, lay aside, take up, rephrase, show to their friends … and are never satisfied. And their futile reward, a word of praise from a handful of people they win at such a cost –so many late nights,… and so much sweat and anguish…
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