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Elwyn Brooks "E. B." White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985), was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.


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Quote Left Democracy is the recurrent suspicion that more than half of the people are right more than half the time Quote Right
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Quote Left Wilbur burst into tears. "I dont want to die," he moaned. "I want to stay alive, right here in my comfortable manure pile with all my friends. I want to breathe the beautiful air and lie in the beautiful sun." Quote Right
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Quote Left Liberty is never out of bounds or off limits; it spreads wherever it can capture the imagination of men Quote Right
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Quote Left I wake each morning torn between the desire to improve the world and the desire to enjoy it. It makes it hard to plan the day Quote Right
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Quote Left Every American, to the last man, lays claim to a "sense" of humor and guards it as his most significant spiritual trait, yet rejects humor as ... Quote Right
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Book: Reflection on the Important Things