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Letter "T" » Thomas W. Higginson Quotes
«Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.»
«Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges»
Author: Thomas W. Higginson
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Abolitionist,
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Clergyman,
Minister)
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«To be really cosmopolitan, a man must be at home even in his own country.»
«The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.»