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“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning.”
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- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
- Hash:
- 22c5d21b4cb27ff8c48aad37221aacaa3d7efeb1142fe626bd0ba2c5a1434212
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