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From Stuart Little, by E. B. White

WELL

"'Well,' said Stuart, 'a misspelled word is an abomination in the sight of everyone. I consider it a very fine thing to spell words correctly and I strongly urge every one of you to buy a Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and consult it whenever you are in the slightest doubt. So much for spelling. What's next?'"

From Chapter XII, The Schoolroom

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From Letters from Earth, by Mark Twain, edited by Bernard DeVoto

THESE SEVERAL FACTS

"These several facts prove nothing, for one cannot deduce a principle from so few examples, but they do at least indicate that the ability to spell correctly is a gift; that it is born in a person, and is a sign of intellectual inferiority.."

From Interpolated Extracts from "Eve's Diary"