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As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough – I wrote faster than I would write a letter – two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
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If I could write a story that would do for the Indian a thousandth part what Uncle Tom's Cabin did for the Negro, I would be thankful the rest of my life.
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Oh, write of me, not 'Died in bitter pains,'
But 'Emigrated to another star!'
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Who knows what myriad colonies there are Of fairest fields, and rich, undreamed-of gains Thick planted in the distant shining plains Which we call sky because they lie so far? Oh, write of me, not "Died in bitter pains," But "Emigrated to another star!"
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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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Born:
October 15, 1830
Died:
August 12, 1885
(aged 54)
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