until sometime after 1750, people read "intensively." They had only a few books, and they read them over and over again, usually aloud. By 1800, people were reading "extensively." They read all kinds of material, especially periodicals and newspapers, and read items only once before racing on to the next.from Daily Times: Purple Patch: The word, in the beginning --J C Nyiri
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Nor indeed did the territory he defended belong to him. Not even his weapon or his equipment belongs to him. But he stands under the rain of death from aircraft and burning pitch from city walls, mine and pitfall beneath his feet, pestilence and mustard gas around him, there he stands, flesh-and-blood quiver for javelin and arrow, target, tank pulp, gas inhaler, with the enemy in front of him and the General behind.from Daily Times: Purple Patch: The incurable disease of imperviousness --Bertolt Brecht
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