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Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the hundred years' war.
-Stephen Jay Gould
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Most Books, After All, Are Ephemeral; Their

Stephen Jay Gould
Most books, after all, are ephemeral; their specifics, several years later, inspire about as much interest as daily battle reports from the hundred years' war.
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