What This Country Needs Is A Great Poem. John Brown's Body Was A Step In The Right Direction. I've Read It Once, And I'm Reading It Again. But It's Too Long To Do What I Mean. You Can't Thrill People In 300 Pages. - SearchQuotes

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What this country needs is a great poem. John Brown's Body was a step in the right direction. I've read it once, and I'm reading it again. But it's too long to do what I mean. You can't thrill people in 300 pages.

Herbert Hoover

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