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Genius may be almost defined as the faculty of acquiring poverty.
Edwin Percy Whipple
Essays and Reviews (ed. 1851)
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Edwin Percy Whipple
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Born:
March 8, 1819
Died:
June 16, 1886
(aged 67)
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