Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Short Stories

"Another fertile source of ["moral insanity"] appears to be an undue indulgence in the perusal of the numerous works of fiction...with the effect of vitiating the taste and corrupting the morals of the young."

"Parents cannot too cautiously guard their young daughters against this pernicious practice."


(Dr. W.H. Stokes, Scientific American, April 1849)

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