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    touchedbythedeinflueneotfohebeautifuloldbooksorseethe

    scholarsletterpapersansspiritinoldahadan

    uandingoftoneandharnyandllohreedecades

    agothereeenen

    auve,andpedee,andgoodred

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    retlybecauseartificialsilkissoheaper,anditwashessowell,andgoodred

    inkpad,stingthirtytarketbecauseithasgivenplace

    topurpleinkforrubberstas.

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    heproductoftheesespiritatplay.thepleasuresofaleisurelylifeare

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    andtheappreciationofthecutsandthequalityofthestohetrainingof

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    poetiellow,likegood

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    aapparentlyindifferenttoalltheoutsideentedandwisely

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    exaleoftheannerandtter,readslike

    anessayonleisure,andtheazingthingisthatitendedbyitsauthorasa

    prefacetoanovel.1

    1seetranslationbypearls.buallhers,johnday,1933,

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    seennaturallyagreatdealoflife,iskeenonlyonliving.inthecaseofa,hthe

    spiritofhunisakesntheanhappiness

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    lovesandlongsfor.5thisardingdical

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    spirit,

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    nothangdoportantthatthebranchesbelong,

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    birds.itistothecreditofthistreethatusitheairanddonotfeello

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