Professor Hugo Strange

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    This unlettered man’s speaking and writing are standard English. Some words and phrases deemed vulgarisms and Americanisms before, he has made standard American; such as “It will pay.” It suggests that the one great rule of composition—and if I were a professor of rhetoric I should insist on this—is, to speak the truth. This first, this second, this third; pebbles in your mouth or not. This demands earnestness and manhood chiefly.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    Sublime upon sublime scarcely presents a contrast, and we need a little rest from everything, even the beautiful.
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    It is strange that they will make ado when a man’s body is buried, but not when he thus really and tragically dies, or seems to die.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)