" Science," says Dr Holmeß, " is a good piece of furniture for a man to have in an upper chamber, provided he has common sense on the ground floor." A modern essayist defines "gossip" to be the "putting of two and two together and making five of them." There is one advantage in being a block* head; you are never attacked with low spirits or apoplexy.
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Evening Star, Issue 4262, 24 October 1876, Page 4
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65Untitled Evening Star, Issue 4262, 24 October 1876, Page 4
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