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You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty.

You see it is likely that, when my brother told the story, that night when we got home and my mother and sister sat listening, I did not think he got the point. He was too young and so was I. A thing so complete has its own beauty.

Approximate author period: c. 1908 AD · modern

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Sherwood Anderson
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Approximate author period: c. 1908 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Sherwood Anderson: life dates 1876 to 1941. Wikidata Q233898, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q233898 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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