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A YOUNG PHILOSOPHER
"Mamma!"
"What is it, dear?"
"It seems to me that a 'silly question' is something that you don't know the answer to."
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FEMININITY
Julia: "Fanny married a very wealthy man, you know. She tells me she has absolutely nothing to wish for."
Gertrude: "Oh, Julia! What a dreadful state to be in."