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Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. if you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Generally Speaking, An Author's Style Is A

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Generally speaking, an author's style is a faithful copy of his mind. if you would write a lucid style, let there first be light in your own mind; and if you would write a grand style, you ought to have a grand character.
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