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Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on.
Pass the parcel. That's sometimes all you can do. Take it, feel it, and pass it on. Not for me, not for you, but for someone, somewhere, one day. Pass it on, boys. That's the game I want you to learn. Pass it on.
Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
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- Alan Bennett
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- Approximate author period: c. 1960 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Alan Bennett: documented activity in 1960. Wikidata Q654730, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q654730 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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