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Books want to be born: I never make them. They come to me and insist on being written, and on being such and such.
Samuel Butler
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Samuel Butler
Age: 66 †
Born: 1835
Born: December 4
Died: 1902
Died: June 18
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Nature. As the word is now commonly used it excludes nature's most interesting productions-the works of man. Nature is usually taken to mean mountains, rivers, clouds and undomesticated animals and plants. I am not indifferent to this half of nature, but it interests me much less than the other half.
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An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.
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