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Quote by Henry James
Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always b

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. – Henry James

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The face of nature and civilization in this our country is to a certain point a very sufficient literary field. But it will yield its secrets only to a really grasping imagination. To write well and worthily of American things one need even more than elsewhere to be a master. – Henry James

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Henry James
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