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The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can't get there is the meanest feeling in the world.
The feeling of sleepiness when you are not in bed and can't get there is the meanest feeling in the world.
Approximate author period: c. 1895 AD · industrial
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- Edgar Watson Howe
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- Approximate author period: c. 1895 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for E. W. Howe: life dates 1853 to 1937. Wikidata Q5322211, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5322211 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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