tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post6357965848089240707..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `A Whoreson Book-Worm'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-58492686109536289432018-04-30T20:52:10.815-05:002018-04-30T20:52:10.815-05:00Though he was likely a Herculean lucubrator, Johns...Though he was likely a Herculean lucubrator, Johnson allowed that it could be overdone:<br /><br />"Sir, you must not neglect of doing a thing immediately good; from fear of remote evil; -- from fear of its being abused. A man who has candles may sit up too late, which he would not do if he had not candles; but nobody will deny that the art of making candles , by which light is continued to us beyond the time that the sun gives us light, is a valuable art, and ought to be preserved." --Boswell: Life<br />http://www.samueljohnson.com/learning.html#99<br />mike zimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08688913712302681707noreply@blogger.com