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Mary Abigail Dodge

Mary Abigail Dodge was an American writer renowned for her contributions to children's literature. Born on March 31, 1833, she spent much of her life in New York and New England. Dodge's works were characterized by their moral lessons and imaginative storytelling, making her a prominent figure in the field of children's literature during the late 19th century. more

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“The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of a sensitive democratic conscience against the tyranny and the ugliness of society, against the failure of a complete human development under industrial capitalism.”

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“A man who has the courage of his platitudes is always a successful man. The instructed man is ashamed to pronounce in an orphic manner what everybody knows, and because he is silent people think he is making fun of them. They like a man who expresses their own superficial thoughts in a manner that appears to be profound. This enables them to feel that they are themselves profound.”

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Book:From a writer's notebook
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