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    Fu’ I t’ink de las’ long res’
    Gwine to soothe my sperrit bes’
    If I’s layin’ ‘mong de t’ings I’s allus knowed.
    —Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)

    With its baby rivers and little towns, each with its abbey or its cathedral,
    with voices—one voice perhaps, echoing through the transept—The
    criterion of suitability and convenience.
    —Marianne Moore (1887–1972)

    From now on, if I ever get to burn another newspaper, I’ll remember what a few cents can buy.
    Alvah Bessie, Ranald MacDougall, and Lester Cole. Raoul Walsh. Captain Nelson (Errol Flynn)