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Page vii
... geniuses . Many I am sure of , anyway . I guess I am like most people and don't know a genius from a big barn door until he is safely dead . Most people prefer their geniuses dead . They are more comfort- able to get along with that way ...
... geniuses . Many I am sure of , anyway . I guess I am like most people and don't know a genius from a big barn door until he is safely dead . Most people prefer their geniuses dead . They are more comfort- able to get along with that way ...
Page viii
... geniuses are as easy to spot as my uncle was . For one thing , geniuses are apt to be so up to their eyes in shavings they are making that you can't tell them from just an eight - dollar - a - day carpenter . Or your genius may be ...
... geniuses are as easy to spot as my uncle was . For one thing , geniuses are apt to be so up to their eyes in shavings they are making that you can't tell them from just an eight - dollar - a - day carpenter . Or your genius may be ...
Page xiv
... geniuses are that . That is , if you are just being an eye- servant to life and living for the day . But if you are ... genius on him . You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to ...
... geniuses are that . That is , if you are just being an eye- servant to life and living for the day . But if you are ... genius on him . You can see it in this book . It is the essence of this book . It appears from the first cut to ...
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