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I'm reminded of this: "Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who had served on the bench into the nineteen-thirties, had in his long lifetime shake
by xefer 15y ago
I'm reminded of this:
"Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., who had served on the bench into the nineteen-thirties, had in his long lifetime shaken hands with John Quincy Adams and also our new incumbent, John F. Kennedy."
"Old Country" by Roger Angell. The New Yorker; September 11, 2006
http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/11/060911ta_talk_angell http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/09/11/060911ta_talk_an...
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