The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true.
About James Branch Cabell
James Branch Cabellwas an American author of fantasy fiction and belles-lettres. Cabell was well-regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis.
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