I never saw a Purple Cow I never hope to see one: But I can tell you anyhow I'd rather see than be one.
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About Gelett Burgess

Gelett Burgess was a 19th-century American artist. Frank Gelett Burgess was an American artist, art critic, poet, author and humorist. He was an important figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary renaissance of the 1890s, particularly through his iconoclastic little magazine, The Lark, and association with The Crowd literary group. Read more on Wikipedia →

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