There are, it is true, at present no great prizes in literature such as are offered by the learned professions, but there are quite as many small ones - competences; while, on the other hand, it is not so much of a lottery.
-- James Payn
   
James Payn   Name:
James Payn
Type:
Novelist
Nationality:
English
Birth:
February 28, 1830
Death:
March 25, 1898
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