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As the dragon charged it released huge clouds of hissing steam through its nostrils. It was almost a...

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The Fifty-First Dragon

I doubt whether the world holds for any one a more soul-stirring surprise than the first adventure w...

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The swaggering underemphasis of New England.

Sports do not build character. They reveal it.

The great threat to the young and pure in heart is not what they read but what they don't read.

The ability to make love frivolously is the chief characteristic which distinguishes human beings fr...

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Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the jo...

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Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God.

The tragedy of life is not that man loses but that he almost wins.

Any given censor is a fool. The very fact that he is a censor indicates that.

Anthony Comstock: Roundsman of the Lord

He was of the mold from which great men are made. Having said of anything 'Let it be done' he at onc...

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Seeing Things at Night

Let's see," mused the dragon, "that doesn't tell us much, does it? What sort of a word is this? Is i...

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The Fifty-First Dragon

With the suggestion of a compromise Gawaine mustered up enough courage to speak."What will you do if...

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The Fifty-First Dragon

Here you have learned the theories of life," continued the Headmaster, resuming the thread of his di...

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The Fifty-First Dragon

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Heywood Broun

Journalist

Born: 1888-12-07

Died: 1939-12-18

Heywood Campbell Broun Jr. (December 7, 1888 – December 18, 1939) was an American journalist, sportswriter and newspaper columnist in New York City. He founded the American Newspaper Guild, now known as The Newspaper Guild.More