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A soiled baby,...

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A soiled baby, with a neglected nose, cannot be conscientiously regarded as a thing of beauty.

Source: Replying to a young mother and correspondents, 1865; published in Complete Humourous Sketches and Tales, ed. Charles Neider, 1961.
-- 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.


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