The reader should be carried forward, not.... : Quote by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“ The reader should be carried forward, not merely or chiefly by the mechanical impulse of curiosity, or by a restless desire to arrive at the final solution; but by the pleasurable activity of mind excited by the attractions of the journey itself. ”

Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • From : Biographia Literaria: Biographical Sketches of my Literary Life & Opinions
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