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Jacques Barzun - The wonder washes over them rather...
The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity. (Jacques Barzun)

The wonder washes over them rather than into them, and one of its effects is to make anything shocking or odd suddenly interesting enough to gain a month's celebrity.

Jacques Barzun

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