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The Ecstasy of Influence, by Jonathan Lethem

By Jonathan Lethem · Harper's Magazine · February 2007
The Ecstasy of Influence, by Jonathan Lethem
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"All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated."

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