It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend it… - Charles Dudley Warner

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It is fortunate that each generation does not comprehend its own ignorance. We are thus enabled to call our ancestors barbarous.

Charles Dudley Warner

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Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American essayist and novelist.

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Alternative Names: C. D. Warner

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