It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once …

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It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it. ✨ Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 9, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)
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It is easy to find fault, if one has that disposition. There was once a man who, not being able to find any other fault with his coal, complained that there were too many prehistoric toads in it. ✨ Pudd'nhead Wilson ch. 9, Pudd'nhead Wilson's Calendar (1894)

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