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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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974 |
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AUTHOR:
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Mark Twain (1835–1910) |
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QUOTATION:
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We have not the reverent feeling for the rainbow that a savage has, because we know how it is made. We have lost as much as we gained by prying into that matter. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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MARK TWAIN (Samuel L. Clemens), A Tramp Abroad, vol. 2 (vol. 4 of The Writings of Mark Twain), chapter 14, p. 189 (1879, reprinted 1968). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Knowledge |
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