Carolina Quotes
A man ought to express himself, ought to live his own life, say his own little say, before silence comes.
Walter Hines Page Carolinian
Source
Letter to William Roscoe Thayer, New York, 5 December 1900; in Burton J. Hendrick, The Life and Letters of Walter H. Page, vol. I (1922), ch. III
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- letter
- work
- Letter to William Roscoe Thayer
- year
- 1900
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“A man ought to express himself, ought to live his own life, …” Walter Hines Page. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-FD9DF16333. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/fd9df16333
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