And what holds good of verse holds infinitely better in respect to prose.
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The idea of bringing young people up to Literature is doubtless calculated to raise the eyebrows almost as much as the suggestion of bringing them up to the Stage.James Payn
Nor, in our own country, must we fail to take notice of the establishment of School Boards.
James Payn
A man with an invention on which he has spent his life, but has no means to get it developed for the good of humanity - or even patented for himself - must feel the pinch of poverty very acutely.
James Payn
One forgives the critic - perhaps - but never the good-natured friend.
James Payn
A great philosopher has stated that the worst evil of poverty is, that it makes folks ridiculous; by which, I hope, he only means that, as in the above case, it places them in incongruous positions.
James Payn
For my part, I do not much believe in the predilections of boyhood.
James Payn
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