"Chicago sounds rough to the maker of verse. One comfort we have - Cincinnati sounds worse"
- Oliver Wendell Holmes Sr.
About this Quote
In this quote, Oliver Wendell Holmes is recommending that Chicago is a hard topic for a poet to blog about. Nevertheless, he supplies some convenience by explaining that Cincinnati is a lot more difficult to blog about. It is possible that he is utilizing this contrast to suggest that discussing any city can be difficult, but some are more difficult than others.
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