"What is mind?—No matter. What is matter?—Never mind. What is spirit?—That's quite immaterial."
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In Harper's New Monthly Magazine, vol. 10, no. 56 (January 1855) p. 275. Variation of the first two lines in Punch, vol. 29, no. 19 (14 July 1855) p. 19: "What is Matter? — Never mind. / What is Mind? — No matter." ("A Short Cut to Metaphysics"). See also: T. H. Key. Compare: Byron, Don Juan, canto 11, st. 1
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