"What the young writer is looking for is not a critic who will slap him on the back and say, 'Greatest thing since O. Henry,' but rather the one who will toss the manuscript down in disgust, with 'You know better than that! It's rotten! Do it all over again!'"

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Source: Sir Henry Taylor (1836). “The Statesman”, p.132

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Henry Sydnor Harrison

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Henry Sydnor Harrison was an American author known for his exploration of social justice themes, particularly in his novel 'Queed.'

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