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In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers

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In the Words of E.B. White: Quotations from America's Most Companionable of Writers Quotes

“A schoolchild should be taught grammar - for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases.”

“As a writing man, or secretary, I have always felt charged with the safekeeping of all unexpected items of worldly and unworldly enchantment, as though I might be held personally responsible if even a small one were to be lost.”