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One Horse-laugh Is Worth Ten-thousand Syllogisms.
-H. L. Mencken
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One Horse-laugh Is Worth Ten-thousand Syllogisms.
H. L. Mencken
One Horse-laugh Is Worth Ten-thousand Syllogisms.
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