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A visiting trustee, during the course of an address made to the pupils of a certain school, said; “My dear children, I want to talk to you a few minutes concerning one of the most wonderful, one of the most important organs in the whole world. What is it that throbs away, beats away, never stopping, never ceasing whether you wake or sleep, night or day, week in or week out, month in and month out, year in and year out, without any volition on your part, hidden away in the depths, as it wore, unseen by you, throbbing, throbbing, throbbing rhythmically all your life long?” During the momentary pause of the speaker for oratorical effect a small voice was heard to say; “I know, sir. It’s the gas-meter!”
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New Zealand Tablet, 4 August 1921, Page 46
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130IDENTIFIED. New Zealand Tablet, 4 August 1921, Page 46
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