Gerald Bullett (1893–1958) British writer
“Letter to his wife (2 June 1863), as quoted in "The Oxford Dictionary of American Quotations" (2005) edited by Hugh Rawson and Margaret Miner.”
1860s, 1863, Letter (June 1863)
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