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# Arthur Quinn

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Arthur Augustine Quinn was an American labor union pioneer, leader, politician, and banker. He served as General Organizer for the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America and Canada from 1902 to 1906 and second vice president from 1906 to 1908. He served as the New Jersey State Presi

##  Quotes by Arthur Quinn

> [The omission of an expected conjunction is called an asyndeton. Caesar is supposed to have said about Gaul: I came, I saw,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-quinn/the-omission-of-an-expected-conjunction-is-called-an-asyndeton-caesar/)

[Arthur Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-quinn/)

[Addresses](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/addresses/)

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> [Language becomes a prison house only poets can escape...if we do not reject any strict distinctions between ordinary usage and figures of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-quinn/language-becomes-a-prison-house-only-poets-can-escape-if-we-do-not/)

[Arthur Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-quinn/)

[Communication](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/communication/)

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> [Style, is like a frog: you can dissect the thing, but it somehow dies in the process.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-quinn/style-is-like-a-frog-you-can-dissect-the-thing-but-it-somehow-dies-in/)

[Arthur Quinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-quinn/)

[Comedy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/comedy/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/434/arthur-quinn-74716_comedy_style-is-like-a-frog-you-can-dissect-the_2929145.jpg)

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