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The life of johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets. shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than boswell is the first of biographers. he has no second.
-Thomas B. Macaulay
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The Life Of Johnson Is Assuredly A

Thomas B. Macaulay
The life of johnson is assuredly a great, a very great work. homer is not more decidedly the first of heroic poets. shakespeare is not more decidedly the first of dramatists, demosthenes is not more decidedly the first of orators, than boswell is the first of biographers. he has no second.
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My mother told me homer ditto was not my father. nope. mom had had a fling with some other guy who was my dad. some dude who didn't stick around too long who mom was happy to get rid of. she chose homer, and homer chose me, so he lent me his name even though i didn't have his blood.
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