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They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an

They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, Can he name a kitten? – Samuel Butler

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The Athanasian Creed is to me light and intelligible reading in comparison with much that now passes for science. – Samuel Butler

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence. – Thomas Jefferson

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