"Lord, grant that my work increase knowledge and help other men. Failing that, Lord, grant that it will not lead to manâ€™s destruction. Failing that, Lord, grant that my article in Brain be published before the destruction takes place."

-- Walker Percy

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“Coffee makes us severe, and grave and philosophical.”

Source : Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1843). “The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing Interesting and Valuable Papers, Not Hitherto Published ... With Memoir of the Author”, p.55
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