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William Dean Howells was a prominent American author, literary critic, and editor in the 19th century. His works, which encompassed novels, criticism, and essays, had a profound impact on American literature.

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“Preach the blessings of our deeply incorporated civilization by the mouths of our eight-inch guns.”

Civilization Blessing Mouths Gun Eight Inches

Book:American Literary Centers: From 'Literature and Life'

Source: American Literary Centers: From 'Literature and Life'

“It's a curious thing, this thing we call civilization...we think it is an affair of epochs, and nations. It's really an affair of individuals. One brother will be civilized and the other a barbarian...All civilization comes through literature now, especially in our country. A Greek got his civilization by talking and looking, and in some measure a Parisian may still do it. But we, who live remote from history and monuments, we must read or we must barbarise.”

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Author:William Dean Howells