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Each age wants to see its heroes in its own image, in ways that reflect the pieties and sentiments of its day.
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― Boone: A Biography
― Boone: A Biography
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She found Jamie standing on that corner, probably one of the most civilized street corners in the whole world, consulting a compass and announcing that when they turned left, they would be heading 'due northwest.' Claudia was tired and cold at the tips; her fingers, her toes, her nose were all cold while the rest of her was perspiring under the weight of her winter clothes. She never liked feeling either very hot or very cold, and she hated feeling both at the same time. 'Head due northwest. Hea
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― From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
― From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
