They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned, for I cannot.


Literary Power - The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912) - Part VII - On the Making of Music, Pictures, and Books

Samuel Butler Quotes

They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned,...

They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned,...

They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned,...

They say the test of this [literary power] is whether a man can write an inscription. I say Can he name a kitten? And by this test I am condemned,...