You don't actually know anything do you?, says W. You've got no body of knowledge. W. has ancient Hebrew, of course. – You see, I know something. What do you know? I look up into the sky. – I've read a lot. – Secondary literature!, says W. You're always reading secondary literature! It's your main weakness, says W., or one of them. No one reads secondary literature but you. W. is a man of primary literature, he says, and in the original language. Primary literature, and as obscure and half-forgotten as possible.
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