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“After all, when a thought takes one's breath away, a lesson on grammar seems an impertinence. As Ruskin wrote in his earlier and better days, "No weight nor mass nor beauty of execution can outweigh one grain or fragment of thought.”

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American author, editor, and social activist known for his advocacy of women's rights, abolitionism, and socialism. His works spanned poetry, novels, essays, and criticism, with his most famous work being the autobiographical novel 'My Life and Times'. Higginson's writing style was influenced by both Romanticism and Realism. more

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