"No man will read with much advantage, who is not able, at pleasure, to evacuate his mind, or who brings not to his Author an intellect defecated and pure, neither turbid with care nor agitated by pleasure."
Idler, No 74
Samuel Johnson, <u>The Idler: In Two Volumes</u> (London: J. Newbury, 1761), 119-123. &lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=piQJAAAAQAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;