It has lately been objected to me, in studiously courteous terms of course, that I borrow from other books, and am a plagiarist. To this I reply that I borrow facts from every accessible source, and am not a plagiarist. The plagiarist is one who borrows from a homogeneous work: for such a man borrows not ideas only, but their treatment. He who borrows only from heterogeneous works is not a plagiarist. All fiction, worth a button, is founded on facts; and it does not matter one straw whether the facts are taken from personal experience, hearsay, or printed books; only those books must not be works of fiction.
| Author: Charles Reade |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: Sep 16, 2015 |
| Number of Pages: 132 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 151738317X |
| ISBN-13: 9781517383176 |