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You have but to know an object by its proper name for it to lose its dangerous magic.
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Understanding, as we understand it, is misunderstanding.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
July 25, 1905
Died:
August 14, 1994
(aged 89)
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