...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions…

Edith Wharton
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...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The Age of Innocence: American Literature, p.2, VM eBooks
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...It was one of the great livery-stableman's most masterly intuitions to have discovered that Americans want to get away from amusement even more quickly than they want to get to it. ✨ Edith Wharton (2016). The Age of Innocence: American Literature, p.2, VM eBooks

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