The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

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The middle class, that prisoner of the barbarian 20th century.

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Curiously, neither God nor the devil may wear modern dress, but must retain Grecian vestments.

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Curiously, neither God nor the devil may wear modern dress, but must retain Grecian vestments.
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Grecian Modern Neither Retain Vestment
My objection to the church isn’t that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too .

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My objection to the church isn’t that the preachers are cruel, hypocritical, actually wicked, though some of them are that, too .
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Actual Church Hypocritical Peacher Some Them Through Wick
Emotionally I know she is better than every other country.

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Emotionally I know she is better than every other country.
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Emotionally Ever Know Other
If travel were so inspiring and informing a business … then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.

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If travel were so inspiring and informing a business … then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers.
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Deck Hand Inspire Steamer Tramp
Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.

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Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless.
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Advertise Cheapest Economic Factor Particular Sell Valuable Worthless
Writing is just work-there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it’s still just work.

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Writing is just work-there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it’s still just work.
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Dictate Just No Pen Toe Type Use Write Writeing
The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, “The trouble with this country is….”

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The trouble with this country is that there are too many people going about saying, “The trouble with this country is….”
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Many Say
I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.

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I’ve heard of their curing syphilis by giving the patient malaria, but I’ve never heard of their curing malaria by giving the patient syphilis.
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Curing Give Heard Malaria Patient Syphill
In other countries, art and literature are left to a lot of shabby bums living in attics and feeding on booze and spaghetti, but in America the successful writer or picture-painter is indistinguishable from any other decent businessman.
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Attic Booze Businessmen Feeding Indistinguishable Left Other Shabby Spaghetti Successful
So that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne’er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!

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So that the thrifty and industrious have to pay for the shiftless ne’er-do-weels, then maybe, to save their lazy souls and get some iron into them, a war might be a good thing? Come on, now, tell your real middle name, Mong General!
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Do Industrious Mayne Middle Weel
The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”

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The game (baseball)was a custom of his clan, and it gave outlet for the homicidal and sides-taking instincts which Babbitt called “patriotism” and “love of sport.”
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Bbbit Clan Custom Gave Homicidal Outlet Side
There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.

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There are dozens of young poets and fictioneers most of them a little insane in the tradition of James Joyce, who, however insane they may be, have refused to be genteel and traditional and dull.
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Dozen Fictioneer May Most Tradition
To live in Carlsbad is seemly and to loaf at San Remo healing to the soul, but to get from Carlsbad to San Remo is of the devil.
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The cocktail filled him with a whirling exhilaration behind which he was aware of devastating desires-to rush places in fast motors, to kiss girls, to sing, to be witty. … He perceived that he had gifts of profligacy which had been neglected. -chapter 8

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The cocktail filled him with a whirling exhilaration behind which he was aware of devastating desires-to rush places in fast motors, to kiss girls, to sing, to be witty. … He perceived that he had gifts of profligacy which had been neglected. -chapter 8
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Aware Behind Devastatimng Exhilaration Fill Whirling
What is Love? Listen! It is the rainbow that stands out, in all its glorious many-colored hues.
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All Color Glorious Hue Many Out
Vast is the power of cities to reclaim the wanderer.

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Vast is the power of cities to reclaim the wanderer.
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City Reclaim Vast Wander

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