I know this sounds suspect, but when I first read this I thought of "When Lilacs Last in Dooryard Bloom'd" because of the "'d" in the statement, so I'm going to say Walt Whitman (sorry, Mike).
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Rob
Abraham Lincoln is the only man, dead or alive, with whom I could have spent five years without one hour of boredom.
--Ida M. Tarbell
I want the respect of intelligent men, but I will choose for myself the intelligent.