I no more thought of style or literary excellence than the mother who rushes into the street and cries for help to save her children from a burning house, thinks of the teachings of the rhetorician or the elocutionist. - Harriet (Elizabeth) Beecher Stowe (1811 - 96)
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「文体がどう」とか「文学的にどう」とか、そんなことは考えなかった。燃える家から我が子を救い出そうと通りに駆け出て助けを求める母親が、修辞家とか雄弁家とかの教えなど考えていられないのと同じことよ。 - ハリエット・ビーチャー・ストウ (1811 - 96)
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