To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, co…

Mark Twain
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To succeed in the other trades, capacity must be shown; in the law, concealment of it will do. ✨ Following the Equator ch. 37, Pudd'nhead Wilson's New Calendar (1897)
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