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“Arts and sciences are not cast in a mould, but are formed and perfected by degrees, by often handling and polishing, as bears leisurely lick their cubs into form.”
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- Type:
- Book
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 086049135c3a99efae59c1a9fcd947e73b047fcacb1bb64136e924b2ed888add
public domain
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 9th ed. (Little, Brown, 1905), public domain
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