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...gaping" in that literary gem. I was born and brocht up ("raised" we say oot here) among the Ayrshire yokels, an' I dinna min' seein' them gap much, except when they might be tryin' tae read a newsmagazine as dull as TIME. No that ony siccan drivel was produced in Ayrshire, but there bein' nae censorship on dullness, some yawn-provokers frae the ootside at times got on tae the newsstaunds, an' were whyles bocht by chaps that werena "on" tae their contents...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Secret | 10/15/1928 | See Source »

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