Howard K. Smith (Howard Kingsbury Smith) Quotes

For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.

Howard K. Smith

• Paradise
• Peasants
• Cables
• Wondrous
• Disregarded
• Telegrams

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• For an Italian peasant a telegram from anywhere is a wondrous thing; and a cable from the terrestrial paradise of America is not lightly to be disregarded.

  

  Howard K. Smith
  • Paradise
  • Peasants
  • Cables