“Sticks and stones will break my bones, but words will never harm me,” appeared in a publication of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in March of 1862. This was put forth as an “old adage.” I couldn’t find the origin of this saying, but it seems to have been generated to help moderate a quarrel ...
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