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Born English writer · English · 1794–1860
Irish-born English writer (1794–1860)
“Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.”
“Work in some form or other is the appointed lot of all.”
“We can sometimes love what we do not understand but it is impossible completely to understand what we do not love.”
“The streams which would otherwise diverge to fertilize a thousand meadows must be directed into one deep narrow channel before they can turn a mill.”