From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops…

Oscar Wilde
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From the point of view of literature Mr. Kipling is a genius who drops his aspirates. From the point of view of life, he is a reporter who knows vulgarity better than any one has ever known it. ✨ Oscar Wilde (2007). The Collected Works of Oscar Wilde, p.1012, Wordsworth Editions
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