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1928
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In addition to the smells of mince and pumpkin pies, the Sage and onions of turkey stuffing, another aroma floated in the air, the very essence of Santa Claus.
Years later, when I was grown up, I still remembered that marvelous fragrance and recognized it as Scotch whisky.
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― The Gawgon and the Boy
― The Gawgon and the Boy
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The results of her painstaking investigation confirm the suspicion long held by anthropologists, that much of what we ascribe to human nature is no more than a reaction to the restraints put upon us by our civilisation.
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― Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
― Coming of Age in Samoa: A Psychological Study of Primitive Youth for Western Civilisation
