"When you read the sacred Scriptures, or any other book, never think how you read, but what you read."
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Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 40.
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John Philip Kemble
John Philip Kemble ("J. P.") Kemble (February 1, 1757 – February 26, 1823) was an English actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
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