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HE WROTE THE HISTORY BOOK,' IT SAID by MARIANNE MOORE

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First Line: THERE! YOU SHED A RAY
Last Line: your father's autograph
Subject(s): FATHERS & SONS; HISTORY; HISTORIANS;
THERE! You shed a ray
of whimsicality on a mask of profundity so
terrific, that I have been dumbfounded by
it oftener than I care to say.
@3The@1 book? Titles are chaff.

Authentically
brief and full of energy, you contribute to your father's
legibility and are sufficiently
synthetic. Thank you for showing me
your father's autograph.



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