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If I learned something about apples in my days on the farm , I learned a good deal more about the poultry business in the only full year I spent there . At the very start of the venture my trust in humanity was betrayed .
If I learned something about apples in my days on the farm , I learned a good deal more about the poultry business in the only full year I spent there . At the very start of the venture my trust in humanity was betrayed .
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What I did learn was to appreciate the vastness of the universe and the comparative insignificance of a certain minor planet that means everything to us . ... One other thing I learned was the everlasting beauty of the night skies .
What I did learn was to appreciate the vastness of the universe and the comparative insignificance of a certain minor planet that means everything to us . ... One other thing I learned was the everlasting beauty of the night skies .
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At this point I beg to quote from that little literary jewel this sparkling facet : The institution of the school was originally created in order that the young might learn from the old , who had when young learned from their elders .
At this point I beg to quote from that little literary jewel this sparkling facet : The institution of the school was originally created in order that the young might learn from the old , who had when young learned from their elders .
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Contents
MYSELF WHEN YOUNG I | 1 |
THE NEWSPAPER GAME | 17 |
HOBNOBBING WITH CHAMPIONS | 31 |
Copyright | |
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| Title | Not Under Oath: Recollections and Reflections |
| Author | John Kieran |
| Publisher | Houghton Mifflin, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 30 Jul 2010 |
| Length | 282 pages |
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