To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while.

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Autobiography and memoir

To read a newspaper is to refrain from reading something worth while.

Aleister Crowley

1929

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Newspapers Reading Media criticism

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Autobiography and memoir

Time

1929

Person

Aleister Crowley

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Crowley, Aleister. The Spirit of Solitude. Mandrake Press, 1929.

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