What do you suppose is the use of a child without any meani… - Lewis Carroll

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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.

Lewis Carroll

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There · April 23, 1993 Verified in 1 source Sign up to see the complete provenance

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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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So, to reward him for his run (As it was baking hot, And he was over twenty stone), The King proceeded, half in fun, To knight him on the spot.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

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