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We poor tellers of tales have our moments too, it seems. Like great generals sitting upon horses upon the tops of hills and throwing troops into the arena, we throw the little soldier words into our battles.
We poor tellers of tales have our moments too, it seems. Like great generals sitting upon horses upon the tops of hills and throwing troops into the arena, we throw the little soldier words into our battles.
Approximate author period: c. 1908 AD · modern
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- Sherwood Anderson
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- Approximate author period: c. 1908 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sherwood Anderson: life dates 1876 to 1941. Wikidata Q233898, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233898 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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