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A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be wrong in the ways of the universe, or even with the ways of society. Let the unfortunates rail; the others may play marbles.
A man with a full stomach and the respect of his fellows had no business to scold about anything that he might think to be wrong in the ways of the universe, or even with the ways of society. Let the unfortunates rail; the others may play marbles.
Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
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- Stephen Crane
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- Approximate author period: c. 1885 AD · industrial
Approximate period for the recorded attribution to Stephen Crane, based on documented lifetime 1871 to 1900. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206534 (checked 2026-10-08). This is not a quotation composition date or independent authentication of its attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q206534 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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