"He was a great thinker,—and that was much; but he also made men recognize him as a great thinker, because he was a great master of style,—which was more."
— Adam Smith

January 1, 1970

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Woodrow Wilson, 'An Old Master', The New Princeton Review, Vol. VI. 1888. July—September—November (1888), pp. 217-218