Comic #4625: tldr

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Top Section: Text in a red background:
"LITERATURE STUDENTS! THE NEXT TIME YOU HAVE TO REVIEW A BOOK, BUT HAVE ONLY SKIMMED IT, HERE’S A QUOTE FROM JORGE LUIS BORGES, REVIEWING JAMES JOYCE’S ‘ULYSSES’."

Bottom Section: Text in a yellow background:
"I CONFESS THAT I HAVE NOT CLEARED A PATH THROUGH ALL 700 PAGES, I CONFESS TO HAVING EXAMINED ONLY BITS AND PIECES, AND YET I KNOW WHAT IT IS, WITH THAT BOLD AND LEGITIMATE CERTAINTY WITH WHICH WE ASSERT OUR KNOWLEDGE OF A CITY, WITHOUT EVER HAVING BEEN REWARDED WITH THE INTIMACY OF ALL THE MANY STREETS IT INCLUDES."

Source Citation: "[SOURCE: 'JORGE LUIS BORGES SELECTED NON-FICTIONS,' EDITED BY ELIOT WEINBERGER, PAGE 12]"