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...But of these sophisms and elenchs of merchandise I skill not...
Milton, Areopagitica

Except he had found the
standing sea-rock that even this last
Temptation breaks on; quieter than death but lovelier; peace
that quiets the desire even of praising it.

Jeffers, Meditation On Saviors


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12.2.02

From the Files of Mike Mailway In a New York City cemetery is the grave of an old prizefighter who had taken too many punches. At the end, he didn't even know his name. Nor did anybody thereby. His headstone reads: "I'm in Pittsburgh -- and it's raining."

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