I send you some books, one very good book among them, the works of a Saint, and one very bad book, Fable of the Bees—one of those books which are condemned equally by the world and the Church; by the world because it is partly true, and by the Church because it is partly false, or vice versa—one of those books which delight in turning out the seamy side of society to the light. (Don't read it if you object to the coarseness of parts.)
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This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "I send you some books, one very good book among them, the works of a Saint, and one very bad book, Fable of the Bees—one of those books which are condemned equally by the world and the Church; by the world because it is partly true, and by the Church because it is partly false, or vice versa—one of those books which delight in turning out the seamy side of society to the light. (Don't read it if you object to the coarseness of parts.)" in the context of "Benjamin Jowett, letter (28 May 1865), quoted in Evelyn Abbott and Lewis Campbell, The Life and Letters of Benjamin Jowett, M.A. Vol. I (1897), p. 411" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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