Samuel Butler (1835–1902) novelist
Inarticulate Touches
The Note-Books of Samuel Butler (1912), Part IX - A Painter's Views on Painting
“When a child is locked in the bathroom with water running and he says he's doing nothing but the dog is barking, call 911.”
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