... surprize the thinking mind than the little attention which is paid in thiscountry to the morals of the profligate and the poor’ (7 (1790):438). Noting that ‘to excite the spirit of industry, and ... classes and the political com-munity, and, because of the increasing identification of theselatter groups with the reading public, the idea of literature. THE FANTASY OF THE LIBRARY The claim ... relieving their fatigues by a seriesof unmanly pleasures, or useless diversions, might spend their leis-ure in improving their knowledge, and in conversing with the greatstatesmen, orators, and...