The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

Quote by Thomas W Higginson

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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a...

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...