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Conversations with Goethe
The English, Goethe said in parting, are the shining brown varnish on the sad chiffonier of civilization. Lieutenant Whitby blushed most noticeably.
18. August 2008 by The Geecologist
Quoted from
Donald Barthelme written in
1987
Categories: Lies |
Tags: chiffonier, civilization, conversations with goethe, donald barthelme, forty stories, goethe, the english |
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The Educational Experience
What a wonderful time you’ll have, we told them, when the experience is over, done, completed. You will all, we told them, be more beautiful than you are now, and more employable too. You will have a grasp of the …
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20. July 2008 by The Geecologist
Quoted from
Donald Barthelme written in
1987
Categories: Lies |
Tags: donald barthelme, education, forty stories, students, the educational experience, the total situation |
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