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Curiosity is the hair of our habit tending to stand on end. It rarely happens that our attention is not stained in greater or lesser degree by this animal element.
Curiosity is the hair of our habit tending to stand on end. It rarely happens that our attention is not stained in greater or lesser degree by this animal element.
Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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- Samuel Beckett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1947 AD · modern
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