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That ephemeral sheet,... the newspaper, is the natural enemy of th

That ephemeral sheet,… the newspaper, is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman. – Edmond de Goncourt and Jules de Goncourt, Journal, July 1858

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