The excellence of a gift lies in its appropriateness rather than in its value.
Charles Dudley Warner Quotes
The wise man's ... friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities.
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| Birth: | 12th September, 1829 |
| Death: | 20th October, 1900 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Essayist, Novelist |
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Charles Dudley Warner was born in Plainfield, Massachusetts. He was an American essayist and novelist. He co-authored the novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today. He worked with a surveying party in Missouri; studied law at the University of Pennsylvania; practiced in Chicago; was assistant editor and editor of The Hartford Press. He first attracted attention by the reflective sketches entitled My Summer in a Garden. He also edited The American Men of Letters series, to which he contributed an excellent biography of Washington Irving, and edited a large Library of the World's Best Literature.
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