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NOVELISTS > novelist, journalist, river pilot > Mark Twain
What, sir, would...
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What, sir, would the people of the earth be without woman? They would be scarce, sir, mighty scarce. Then let us cherish her; protect her; let us give her our support, our encouragement, our sympathy, ourselves -- if we get a chance.
Source: Woman -- an Opinion, speech, to Washington Correspondents' Club;in Mark Twain's Speeches, ed. Albert Bigelow Paine, 1923.
-- Mark Twain, (Nov 30 1835-1910), US novelist, journalist, river pilot; The Great American humorist was also known as The People's Author and creator of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn.