Still, some of the writings by eminent writers who lived before centuries are still relevant, for example, Plato and Aristotle. (essayacademia.com)
Those readers - like Scott's Lessons in Elocution - had selections from eminent writers across the past of English and classical literature, all chosen with an unembarrassed attention to moral development. (educationnext.org)
But the truly eminent writer, the one who writes not for the moment but the age, transmutes the personal into the perduring. (religion-online.org)