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Page vii
... uncle , say , they are apt to walk all over our corns and ideas in of disconcerting directions . any number I had an uncle who was a genius . He was a genius by accident . Some geniuses are . The greatness thrust upon him was none of ...
... uncle , say , they are apt to walk all over our corns and ideas in of disconcerting directions . any number I had an uncle who was a genius . He was a genius by accident . Some geniuses are . The greatness thrust upon him was none of ...
Page viii
... uncle was coming home to his turkey on that steamer . But he sat too long in The - Bell - in- Hand in Boston , and the conversation was too brilliant . So he missed the chance to go down to oblivion in icy Boston Bay . His suitcase went ...
... uncle was coming home to his turkey on that steamer . But he sat too long in The - Bell - in- Hand in Boston , and the conversation was too brilliant . So he missed the chance to go down to oblivion in icy Boston Bay . His suitcase went ...
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