“We enter our studies, and enjoy a society which we alone can bring…” — Walter Savage Landor

“We enter our studies, and enjoy a society which we alone can bring together. We raise no jealousy by conversing with one in preference to another; we give no offence to the most illustrious by questioning him as long as we will, and leaving him as abruptly.”

The solitary but rich society of books · Conversation / essay (as commonly attributed)

Walter Savage Landor

About Walter Savage Landor

30 January 1775–17 September 1864

Walter Savage Landor was born on 30 January 1775 at Ipsley Court, near Warwick, England, into circumstances of comfort, cultivation, and inherited expectation. His father, Walter Landor, was a physician of substantial means and social standing; his mother, Elizabeth Savage, came from a family whose name and property…

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