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...must not overlook the fact that a strong line of "beard" ancestry is that of Commander Whitehead, who may have fallen on ignoble days, but whose blood, nonetheless, flows back through the history of England. And England, as everybody knows, traces its blood to the line of Danaus, whose daughters drifted onto that island many years ago. And Danaus, as most everybody knows, was one of the first inhabitants of that land now called Greece to set up with a family name. And Greek family names, as some people do not know, begin with Zeus. It seems hardly necessary...

Author: By Richard T. Cooper, | Title: The Decline of the Genteel Beard | 10/13/1956 | See Source »

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