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'Perhaps, after all, America has never been
discovered,' said Mr Erskine. 'I myself would say that it had merely been
detected.' |
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Original source |
The
Picture of Dorian Gray, book 1891. Version previously published in Lippincott's Monthly Magazine, 46 (July 1890). |
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| By | Oscar Wilde | |
| Details | Ch. 3. | |
| cf. Ellmann |
p. 166 It is a vulgar error to suppose that America was ever discovered. It was merely detected. This Ellmann version is not sourced. |
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