Walt Whitman — "The public is a thick-skinned beast, and you have to club it soundly to get any …"
The public is a thick-skinned beast, and you have to club it soundly to get any attention at all.
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Attributed, likely from a letter or conversation regarding *Leaves of Grass*
Date: Undated, likely 1850s-1860s
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