"I want to leave behind me the name of a fellow who never bullied a little boy, or turned his back on a big one."

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Source : Thomas Hughes (2011). “Tom Brown's School Days”, p.276, The Floating Press

Thomas Hughes

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“I ran around with the other youngsters, hunting, fishing and raising tadpoles and all the rest.”
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“You write to find out what you believe.”
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“I'm very excited about having the Internet in my den.”
“Being smart in the arts is the same as being smart in engineering is the same as being smart in writing is the same as being smart in anything, really. It's the ability to manipulate all the pieces of the puzzle in your mind, try to fit them together, and when they don't fit quite right... you sand the edges/corners and make them all fit.”
“Hold your head high, and your middle finger higher.”
“Thus, if there is anyone who is confident that he can advise me as to the best advantage of the state in this campaign which I am about to conduct, let him not refuse his services to the state, but come with me into Macedonia. I will furnish him with his sea-passage, with a horse, a tent, and even travel-funds. If anyone is reluctant to do this and prefers the leisure of the city to the hardships of campaigning, let him not steer the ship from on shore.”

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