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  1. I can't sing. As a singist I am not a success. I am saddest when I sing. So are those who hear me. They are sadder even than I am.
  2. The Puritans nobly fled from a land of despotism to a land of freedim, where they could not only enjoy their own religion, but could preven…
  3. The prevailin' weakness of most public men is to Slop over. G. Washington never slopt over.
  4. Why is this thus? What is the reason of this thusness?
  5. I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.
  6. He is dreadfully married. 'He's the most married man I ever saw in my life.'
  7. Let us all be happy and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.
  8. The sun has a right to 'set' where it wants to, and so, I may add, has a hen.

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