There Comes A Point, In Literary Objectivity, When The Author's Self- Effacement Is Hard To Distinguish From Moral Cowardice.

There Comes A Point, In Literary Objectivity, When The Author's Self- Effacement Is Hard To Distinguish From Moral Cowardice.

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There comes a point, in literary objectivity, when the author's self-
effacement is hard to distinguish from moral cowardice.
-- Edward Abbey

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