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George Arnold was an author and poet. After briefly attempting a career as a portrait painter, he turned to writing and became a regular contributor to Vanity Fair and The Leader. A contemporary of Walt Whitman, Arnold was likewise a patron of Pfaff's beer cellar.

His most enduring work is a humorous piece, The Jolly Old Pedagogue. Wikipedia  

✵ 24. June 1834 – 9. November 1865
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George Arnold Quotes

“The living need charity more than the dead.”

George Arnold

The Jolly Old Pedagogue.

Dead

“"Learn while you're young," he often said,
"There is much to enjoy, down here below;
Life for the living, and rest for the dead!"
Said the jolly old pedagogue, long ago.”

George Arnold

The Jolly Old Pedagogue.

Life , Learning , Dead

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