p. ix
β
If the public gets out of the habit of reading they will not come back to it. We shall enter a new phase of our history from which there is no turning back.
— Georges Duhamel
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If the public gets out of the habit of reading they will not come back to it. We shall enter a new phase of our history from which there is no turning back." in the context of "p. ix" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Georges Duhamel" (Quotes, DΓ©fense des Lettres [In Defense of Letters] (1937))
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About Georges Duhamel
Georges Duhamel (June 30, 1884 β April 13, 1966), was a French author.
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