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British author and scholar (1832–1898)

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Lewis Carroll (born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898) was an English author, mathematician, Anglican clergyman, logician, and amateur photographer. His father was Charles Dodgson (archdeacon), his great-grandfather was Charles Dodgson (bishop) and his nephew was Stuart Dodgson Collingwood.

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Birth Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson

Alternative Names: Charles Dodgson • Lewis Caroll • Lewis Carroll Dodgson • Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) • Rev. C. L. Dodgson • Charles L. Dodgson • Lewis Caroll Dodgson • C. L. Dodgson

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"Oh, don't go on like that!" cried the poor Queen, wringing her hands in despair. "Consider what a great girl you are. Consider what a long way you've come today. Consider what o'clock it is. Consider anything, only don't cry!"
Alice could not help laughing at this, even in the midst of her tears. "Can you keep from crying by considering things?" she asked.
"That's that way it's done," the Queen said with great decision: "nobody can do two things at once, you know."

I mark this day with a white stone.

She generally gave herself very good advice, (though she very seldom followed it), and

"If you think we're waxworks," he said, "you ought to pay, you know.Waxworks weren't made to be looked at for nothing. Nohow!"
"Contrariwise," added the one marked 'DEE', "if you think we're alive, you ought to speak."

Still she haunts me, phantomwise,
Alice moving under skies
Never seen by waking eyes.

"Come back!" the Caterpillar called after her. "I've something important to say."
This sounded promising, certainly. Alice turned and came back again.
"Keep your temper," said the Caterpillar.

How cheerfully he seems to grin, How neatly spread his claws, And welcome little fishes in With gently smiling jaws!

Yet still to choose a brat like you, To haunt a man of forty-two, Was no great compliment!"

What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meaning? Even a joke should have some meaning — and a child's more imporant than a joke, I hope. You couldn't deny that, even if you tried with both hands.

You're thinking about something, and it makes you forget to talk.

Cheshire Puss,' she began, rather timidly, as she did not at all know whether it would like the name: however, it only grinned a little wider. 'Come, it's pleased so far,' thought Alice, and she went on. 'Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?'

'That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,' said the Cat.

'I don't much care where — ' said Alice.

'Then it doesn't matter which way you go,' said the Cat.

' — so long as I get SOMEWHERE,' Alice added as an explanation.

'Oh, you're sure to do that,' said the Cat, 'if you only walk long enough.

No wise fish would go anywhere without a porpoise.

Keep your temper, said the Caterpillar.

I can't go back to yesterday — because I was a different person then.

Speak English!' said the Eaglet. 'I don't know the meaning of half those long words, and I don't believe you do either!