Word: knowing
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...shall thy cold heart e'er know earthly ease...
...life is sad, thou canst not know...
...Augustus, then, be polite to old Smudge out of policy, if for no better reason, for I imagine he has a rather hard time, and will appreciate a pleasant smile and a kind nod; and who knows but what his aid may avert a dreaded "flunk" on some impossible question? (Smudge has a genius for knowing things that most people put down as "things no fellow can be expected to know,") But, at any rate, however this may be, Augustus will have the satisfaction of having acted like a gentleman...
...said, " I prefer Spencer. His philosophy is cosmic. You feel a completeness of a higher kind here than in Mill." "By the way," said I, "what books of Spencer have you read?" "Well," he said, "I can't exactly say that I have read any, but I know exactly what he teaches. What books of Mill have you read?" "Well," I said, "I can't exactly say that. I have read any, but I know exactly what he teaches...
...then, you know, it's something...