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I have noticed that when chickens quit quarreling over their food they often find that there is enough for all of them. I wonder if it might not be the same with the human race


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Don Marquis, 1878-1937, Columnist, archie and mahitabel, 1933

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Don Marquis
Don Marquis
  • Born: July 29, 1878
  • Died: December 29, 1937
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Poet

Donald Robert Perry Marquis was an American humorist, journalist, and author. He was variously a novelist, poet, newspaper columnist, and playwright. He is remembered best for creating the characters Archy and Mehitabel, supposed authors of humorous verse. During his lifetime he was equally famous for creating another fictitious character, "the Old Soak," who was the subject of two books, a hit Broadway play (1922–23), a silent movie (1926) and a talkie (1937).