John RuskinAll books are divisible into two classes: the books of the hours, and the books of all Time.
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The word time is a synonym for duration. When we say that a book describes the hours, we mean that it describes their passage. In other words, a book that describes a particular period of time is a book of hours. It’s not necessarily a book about the hours themselves, but rather a book about events during those hours.
A work of art—like, say, Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony—is a book about all Time. It describes events in history and across cultures.
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