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Literature

Literature, most generically, is any body of written works. More restrictively, literature writing is considered to be an art form, or any single writing deemed to have artistic or intellectual value, often due to deploying language in ways that differ from ordinary usage.

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The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

Hugh Blair, p. 386.

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Literature is news that stays news.

Ezra Pound, ABC of Reading (1934), Ch. 8

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Be less concerned about the number of books you read, and more about the good use you make of them. The best of books is the Bible.

Christian Scriver, p. 386.

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