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  2. Books v. Cigarettes - Wikipedia

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    The question Orwell raised continues to provide a basis for discussion, as in a review of a poll in which one in four Americans read no books at all in 2007 [2] and that chief executives claim that they have no time to read literature. [3] The essay was the subject of an article in Structo magazine which published 'Books v. Cigarettes: 63 years ...

  3. Literature - Wikipedia

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    A value judgment definition of literature considers it as consisting solely of high quality writing that forms part of the belles-lettres ("fine writing") tradition. [14] An example of this is in the 1910–1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , which classified literature as "the best expression of the best thought reduced to writing".

  4. Wikipedia : The value of essays

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    The truth is, essays are not meaningless, and will be factored into the outcome if relevant to the context presented, and expressed well in users' rationales. If you want to counter an essay cited by someone else, the best way to do so is to cite another policy, guideline, or essay, along with an explanation as to why your opinion is more worthy.

  5. Essays on Marx's Theory of Value - Wikipedia

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    Essays on Marx's Theory of Value (Russian: Очерки по теории стоимости Маркса, Ocherki po teorii stoimosti Marksa) is a book by the Soviet economist Isaak Illich Rubin. Очерки по теории стоимости Маркса, the Russian language edition was first published in 1923.

  6. The New York Review of Books - Wikipedia

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    The New York Review was founded by Robert B. Silvers and Barbara Epstein, together with publisher A. Whitney Ellsworth [5] and writer Elizabeth Hardwick.They were backed and encouraged by Epstein's husband, Jason Epstein, a vice president at Random House and editor of Vintage Books, and Hardwick's husband, poet Robert Lowell.

  7. Critical and Historical Essays (Macaulay) - Wikipedia

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    Critical and Historical Essays was from the first a successful undertaking, reaching a seventh reprinting by 1849, and it was soon being read all over the English-speaking world. [3] One 19th century traveller in Australia reported that the books he found there were for the most part copies of the Bible, Shakespeare, and Macaulay's Essays. [4]

  8. Book of Mormon is one of most expensive books in 'Pawn Stars ...

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    It seemed like everyone was shocked by the 1842 edition of The Book of Mormon's value. The owner of the book, Adam was too, and said that he felt like Joseph Smith when he found the plates.

  9. Value theory - Wikipedia

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    Value is the worth of something, usually understood as a degree that covers both positive and negative magnitudes corresponding to the terms good and bad. Values influence many human endeavors related to emotion, decision-making, and action. Value theorists distinguish between intrinsic and instrumental value. An entity has intrinsic value if ...