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There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's attention or check his habitual pace of reading - he should feel that he is seated at ease in a taxi not riding a temperamental horse through traffic.
There should be two main objectives in ordinary prose writing: to convey a message and to include in it nothing that will distract the reader's attention or check his habitual pace of reading - he should feel that he is seated at ease in a taxi not riding a temperamental horse through traffic.
Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
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- Robert Graves
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- Approximate author period: c. 1940 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Robert Graves: life dates 1895 to 1985. Wikidata Q201732, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q201732 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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