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The faculty of attention has utterly vanished from the anglo-saxon mind, extinguished at its source by the big bayad?re of journalism, of the newspaper and the picture magazine which keeps screaming, "look at me." illustrations, loud simplifications... bill poster advertising ? only these stand a chance.
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The Faculty Of Attention Has Utterly Vanished

Henry James
The faculty of attention has utterly vanished from the anglo-saxon mind, extinguished at its source by the big bayad?re of journalism, of the newspaper and the picture magazine which keeps screaming, "look at me." illustrations, loud simplifications... bill poster advertising ? only these stand a chance.
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