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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
ving laughter. We're a gr-reat people, said Mr. Hennessy, earnestly. We ar-re, said Mr. Dooley. We ar-re that. An’ th' best IV it is, we know we ar-re. Mr. Dooley for some years continued to give his opinions on the men and affairs of peace with a shrewdness that recalls the pungent insight of Josh Billings and makes him one of the most quotable writers. Americans of the present generation are not likely to forget some of his sayings, least of all the remark of Father Kelly: Hogan, he says, I'll go into th' battle with a prayer book in wan hand ana a soord in th' other, he says; ana if th' wurruk calls f'r two hands, 'tis not th' soord I'll dhrop, he says. When not busied with comments on current events, Mr. Dooley sometimes had leisure to relate incidents of the life about him in the gas-house district. As an interpreter of the city, however, he yields to Sydney Porter (O. Henry). See Book III, Chap. VI The O. Henry story is the last word in deft manipulatio