The want of an international Copy-Right Law, by rendering it nearly impossible to obtain anything from the booksellers in the wayof remuneration for literary labor, has had the effect of forcing many of our very best writers into the service of the Magazines and Reviews.
Edgar Allan PoeEven with the utterly lost, to whom life and death are equally jests, there are matters of which no jest can be made.
Edgar Allan PoeLife is for the strong, to be lived by the strong and if need be, taken by the strong. The weak were put on earth to give the strong pleasure.
Edgar Allan Poe