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None of us can have as many virtues as the fountain-pen,
or half its cussedness; but we can try.
- Following the Equator, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar |
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An absolutely perfect pen, compared with which all others are frank failures.
- Endorsement for the Wirt fountain pen, Lippincott's Magazine, June
1889
 1904 ad for Paul E. Wirt Fountain Pens from the Dave Thomson collection |
With a single Wirt pen I have earned the family's living
for many years. With two, I could have grown rich.
- Letter to Wirt Fountain Pen Company, 11 October 1898 |
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I prefer it to ten other fountain pens because it carries
its filler in its own stomach and I can't mislay it, even by art and intention.
Also I prefer it because it is a profanity-saver: it cannot roll off the
desk.
- Letter to Conklin pen company, 1 October 1903 |
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