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In my day a reporter who took an assignment was wholly on his own until he got back to the office, and even then he was little mol... - MORE In my day a reporter who took an assignment was wholly on his own until he got back to the office, and even then he was little molested until his copy was turned in at the desk; today he tends to become only a homunculus at the end of a telephone wire, and the reduction of his observations to prose is commonly farmed out to literary castrati who never leave the office, and hence never feel the wind of the world in their faces or see anything with their own eyes.
In the sea, Biscayne, there prinks
The young emerald, evening star,...
- MORE In the sea, Biscayne, there prinks
The young emerald, evening star,
Good light for drunkards, poets, widows,
And ladies soon to be married.
It is better that, as scholars,
They should think hard in the dark cuffs...
- MORE It is better that, as scholars,
They should think hard in the dark cuffs
Of voluminous cloaks,
And shave their heads and bodies.
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