In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a writer, he is one who has studied and perfected this particular mode of personal incarnation, very likely to the detriment of any other. I should like as a matter of curiosity to see and hear for a moment the men whose works I admire; but I should hardly expect to find further intercourse particularly profitable.

Famous Quotes / Charles Horton Cooley

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Charles Horton Cooley: "In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a writer, he is one who has studied and perfected this particular mode of personal incarnation, very likely to the detriment of any other. I should like as a matter of curiosity to see and hear for a moment the men whose works I admire; but I should hardly expect to find further intercourse particularly profitable."

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Admire	Book	Cases	Curiosity
Detriment	Expect	Favorite	Find
Flesh	Further	Hardly	Hear
Incarnation	Intercourse	Likely	Matter
Mode	Moment	Most	Other
Particular	Particularly	Perfected	Personal
Profitable	Since	Studied	Very
Whose	Works	Writer

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In most cases a favorite writer is more with us in his book than he ever could have been in the flesh; since, being a writer, he is one who has studied and perfected this particular mode of personal incarnation, very likely to the detriment of any other. I should like as a matter of curiosity to see and hear for a moment the men whose works I admire; but I should hardly expect to find further intercourse particularly profitable. - Charles Horton Cooley