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Page 122
... believe that wherever a best ms gives possible readings it gives true readings , and that only when it gives impossible readings does it give false readings , is to believe that an incompetent editor is the darling of Providence , which ...
... believe that wherever a best ms gives possible readings it gives true readings , and that only when it gives impossible readings does it give false readings , is to believe that an incompetent editor is the darling of Providence , which ...
Page 154
... believe in themselves . When we believe in our- selves , we shall kill them . . . We kill the better half of ourselves every day to propitiate them . " It is the scene in Back to Methuselah when the Elderly Gen- tleman declares to the ...
... believe in themselves . When we believe in our- selves , we shall kill them . . . We kill the better half of ourselves every day to propitiate them . " It is the scene in Back to Methuselah when the Elderly Gen- tleman declares to the ...
Page 211
... believe , born in this country , but four of them of Irish and one of German parent- age . The four Irish I believe were Catholics . My own only two personal appointments , my secretary and messenger , are both Catholics of Irish ...
... believe , born in this country , but four of them of Irish and one of German parent- age . The four Irish I believe were Catholics . My own only two personal appointments , my secretary and messenger , are both Catholics of Irish ...
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