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Quote by Thomas Hood
Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther. – Thomas Hood

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But who would rush at a benighted man, and give him two black eyes for being blind? – Thomas Hood

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