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Originality is independence, not rebellion it is sincerity, not antagonism.

George Henry Lewes

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George Henry Lewes
Age: 61 †
Born: 1817
Born: April 18
Died: 1878
Died: November 30
Journalist
Literary Critic
Philosopher
Theatre Critic
Writer
London
England
Independence
Antagonism
Uprising
Originality
Rebellion
Sincerity

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If you feel yourself to be above the mass, speak so as to raise the mass to the height of your argument.
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There are occasions when the simplest and fewest words surpass in effect all the wealth of rhetorical amplification.
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