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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this influx of culture has its price. The sacred White Elephant is losing caste. Once he lived in a palace, wore gold trappings, and had girls to dance before him while he ate the choicest fruits. Now he is housed in an ordinary stable and, like his darker brethren, must work in harness for his hay. Such is the fate of the pachyderm which legend calls the heavenly form of Gantama Buddha...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A WHA TA NA-- | 3/31/1923 | See Source »

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