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It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to wake a meaning. If…
Quote byGeorge MacDonald · 1824–1905
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Fantastic Imagination (1893).
English (original)
It is there not so much to convey a meaning as to wake a meaning. If it do not even wake an interest, throw it aside. A meaning may be there, but it is not for you.
— George MacDonald
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