William Henry West Betty (13 September 1791, Shrewsbury – 24 August 1874, London) was by a popular child actor of the nineteenth century.
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“I have been to see Henry James, and like him very much. It was a great pleasure to meet him. It makes humanity seem more erect and respectable. I never was more kindly and faithfully catechised. It made me respect myself more to be thought worthy of such wise questions.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
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—Norman Mailer (b. 1923)