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To-day, whatever may annoy,
The word for me is Joy, just simple Joy.

John Kendrick Bangs

For me, my craft is sailing on,
Through mists today, clear seas anon.
Whate'er the final harbor be
'T is good to sail upon the sea!

John Kendrick Bangs

Whate'er there be of Sorrow
I'll put off till To-morrow,
And when To-morrow comes, why then
'T will be To-day and Joy again.

John Kendrick Bangs

If I had my way no one should be taught to read until after he had passed his hundredth year. In that way, and in that way only can we protect our youth from the dreadful influence of such novels as 'Three Cycles, Not To Mention The Rug,' which dreadful book I have found within the past month in the hands of at least twenty children in the neighborhood, not one of whom was past sixty.

John Kendrick Bangs

Misery loves company, particularly when she is herself the hostess, and can give generously of her stores to others.

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs

John Kendrick Bangs

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Born: May 27, 1862

Died: January 21, 1922 (aged 59)

Bio: John Kendrick Bangs was an American author, editor and satirist.

Known for:

A House-Boat on the Styx (1895)
The Enchanted Type-Writer (1899)
The Pursuit of the House-Boat (1897)
Alice in Blunderland: An Iridescent Dream (1907)
The idiot (1895)

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