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Dr. Johnson
Samuel Johnson, lexicographer and critic, cited for his wit and wisdom.
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Also known as Johnson
First appearance: heretics
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In XV: On Smart Novelists and the Smart Set: Cited as an example of a clearheaded, humorous man who could talk seriously about religion and…
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