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Quotation from The Life of Samuel Johnson by James Boswell

“I refute it THUS.”

James Boswell (spoken by Samuel Johnson)

The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1763 (Aetat. 54) (Project Gutenberg #1564 (Osgood abridgment, 1917))

Portrait of James Boswell

Outside the church at Harwich, Johnson strikes his foot against a large stone in answer to Bishop Berkeley's argument that matter does not exist.

Citation: "I refute it THUS." — James Boswell, The Life of Samuel Johnson, 1763 (Aetat. 54) (Project Gutenberg #1564 (Osgood abridgment, 1917)). (id boswell-life-of-johnson-q5)

Portrait: James Boswell of Auchinleck, Joshua Reynolds, Public domain.

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