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He Has Only Half Learned The Art Of Reading Who Has Not Added To It The More Refined Art Of Skipping And Skimming.

I Have Done Nothing Important Or Distinguished Since We Met Except To Win The Handicap Prize, Worth ?4 10/- At North Berwick.

I Look Forward To A Time When Irish Patriotism Will As Easily Combine With British Patriotism As Scottish Patriotism Combines Now.

He [a. J. Balfour] Was Eminently One Of The Cole Porter School Of Famous Men, Who Only Fell To Rise Again. Picking Himself Up And Brushing Himself Down Became A Minor Art Form, Ruefully Admired By His Contemporaries.

Science Preceded The Theory Of Science, And Is Independent Of It. Science Preceded Naturalism, And Will Survive It.