A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting k…

Mark Twain
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A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful. ✨ Mark Twain (1980). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective, p.316, Univ of California Press
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A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was gitting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful. ✨ Mark Twain (1980). The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom Sawyer Abroad, and Tom Sawyer, Detective, p.316, Univ of California Press

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