Small Black Powder

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    By nature, by necessity itself, [primitive man] is encyclopedic, while civilized man finds himself confined in the infinitely small regions of specialization.
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    I’m a prodigal son. The black sheep of a white flock. I shall die on the gallows.
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    My little ‘bout-town gal has gone
    ‘Bout town with powder and blue dye
    On her pale lids....
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