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The Autocrat at the Breakfast Table …….. [Etext #751] aofbt10.txt
The Professor at the Breakfast Table ……. [Etext #2665] prabt10.txt
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Over the Teacups ……………………… [Etext #2689] teacp10.txt
Elsie Venner …………………………. [Etext #2696] elsie10.txt
The Guardian Angel ……………………. [Etext #2697] angel10.txt
A Mortal Antipathy ……………………. [Etext #2698] antip10.txt
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THE AUTOCRAT AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
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A little queer and uncertain in general aspect.
A misprint kills a sensitive author
A nail will pick a lock that defies hatchet and hammer
Absolute, peremptory facts are bullies
Advised every literary man to have a profession.
Afraid of books who have not handled them from infancy
Age and neglect united gradually
Agreed on certain ultimata of belief
Algebraic symbols of minds which have grown too weak
All his geese are swans
All men are bores, except when we want them
All men love all women
All the forms of moral excellence, except truth
All want to reach old age and grumble when they get it
And now we two are walking the long path in peace together
Another privilege of talking is to misquote
Arc in the movement of a large intellect
As a child, he should have tumbled about in a library
As I understand truth
As to clever people's hating each other
Asked Solon what made him dare to be so obstinate
Assume a standard of judgment in our own minds
At the mercy of every superior mi