The sole substitute for an experience which we have not ourselves lived through is art and literature.

The one and only substitute for experience which we have not ourselves had is art, literature

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

Literature becomes the living memory of a nation.

good literature substitutes for an experience which we have not oursleves lived through.

Literature transmits incontrovertible condensed experience... from generation to generation. In this way literature becomes the living memory of a nation.