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Thomas W. Higginson [1823-1911] American
Rank: 105
Clergyman


Humor, Intelligence

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Great men are rarely isolated mountain peaks; they are the summits of ranges. Humor
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There is no defense against adverse fortune which is so effectual as an habitual sense of humor. Humor
102
When a thought takes one's breath away, a grammar lesson seems an impertinence. Intelligence
103
Originality is simply a pair of fresh eyes.
104
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.
105
Fields are won by those who believe in the winning.
106

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