Johnson Building

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    Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
    —Samuel Johnson (1709–1784)

    I am not building here a statue to erect at the town crossroads, or in a church or a public square.... This is for a nook in a library, and to amuse a neighbor, a relative, a friend, who may take pleasure in associating and conversing with me.
    Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)