Thomas Wentworth Higginson quote

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Born: Dec 22, 1823
Died: May 9, 1911

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Corner, Minds, Phrases, Taken, Merely, Pass, Passages, Test, His, Author, Current, Younger, Newspapers, Root, Really, Found, Number

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