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"In the nineteenth century people would have called me mad."
"In the nineteenth century people would have called me mad."

"In the nineteenth century people would have called me mad."

Artist (American, 1900 - 1974)
Date1932
ClassificationsCartoon
Mediumcrayon
DimensionsObject: 13 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (35.2 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 13 7/8 × 12 1/2 in. (35.2 × 31.8 cm)
Credit LineMary Petty and Alan Dunn Bequest
Object number1979.0533
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
"One belief is that every person is inhabited by a spirit, or ko, which goes travelling while the human body is asleep. If a man should be awakened suddenly - so the belief is- the Ko might not have time to get back into its body and would get even by going around causing trouble. So the people believe a man should be allowed to sleep until he wakes up of his own accord." U.S. Army Pocket Guide to New Caledonia.
Alan Dunn
1943
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
"I suppose if anyone had come to me back in '31 and said, "Livermore, you will be the Metropolitan Junior Marbles Champion at eight," I would have laughed."
Alan Dunn
1933
"You must think me mad, eh, Cyril?"
"You must think me mad, eh, Cyril?"
Alan Dunn
1929
"I have no real friends - only people that amuse me."
"I have no real friends - only people that amuse me."
Alan Dunn
1931
"She never called me "Butch" before. It was always "Mr. Lonsdale"."
"She never called me "Butch" before. It was always "Mr. Lonsdale"."
Alan Dunn
1933
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
"If you don't mind my saying so, Doctor, "Exegetical Dissertations on Theosophical Redirections in the Twentieth Century won't have quite the impact of "Keep the Faith, Baby"."
Alan Dunn
1967
"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."
"You didn't need to have bought me a birthday present, beloved. I would have understood."
Mary Petty
1930
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
"I am thrilled, as any American mother would be, as America is on the right side of this war and we have to triumph over the forces of darkness."
Alan Dunn
1942
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"Aren't you sorry now you didn't go in for football?", "Yes, Mildred, but any indulgence in athletics would have interfered with my scholastic standing.", "How you must suffer, Edmund!"
Alan Dunn
1926
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
"She made it over into a nursery where any normal person would have had a gun room."
Alan Dunn
1933
"As luck would have it, this is the very defect for which you've recalled it."
"As luck would have it, this is the very defect for which you've recalled it."
Alan Dunn
1972
"Now if you'd only been drinking too, this would never have happened!"
"Now if you'd only been drinking too, this would never have happened!"
Alan Dunn
1931