For a multitude of causes, unknown to former.... : Quote by William Wordsworth

“ For a multitude of causes, unknown to former times, are now acting with a combined force to blunt the discriminating powers of the mind, and unfitting it for all voluntary exertion to reduce it to a state of almost savage torpor... To this tendency of life and manners the literature and theatrical exhibitions of the country have conformed themselves. ”

William Wordsworth
  • From : Preface to the Lyrical Ballads
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