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He sighed. “Must I again remind you, Archie, of the reaction you would have got if you had asked Velasquez to explain why Aesop’s hand was resting inside his robe instead of hanging by his side? Must I again demonstrate that while it is permissible to request the scientist to lead you back over his footprints, a similar request of the artist is nonsense, since he, like the lark or the eagle, has made none? Do you need to be told again that I am an artist?”
Nyura Pronn.
Mrs. Barstow’s difficulty,
nature has arranged that when you overcome a given inertia the resulting momentum is proportionate. If I were to begin borrowing money I would end by devising means of persuading the Secretary of the Treasury to lend me the gold reserve.”
“Good. What were you doing, William Riley, while Michael was chasing balls?” “I was chewing gum.” “Exclusively? I mean, was that the utmost of your efforts?”
spiggoty.”
an offense to truth and an outrage on justice, and since I cherish the one and am on speaking terms with the other,
