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  • Napoleon Learning English
    November 1895 Issue
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    February 1895 Issue
  • Recent Verse
    March 1901 Issue
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    June 1921 Issue
  • Misunderstood
    Ernest WeekleyJune 1925 Issue
  • The Rise of the House of Harkness
    Douglas TurnbaughNovember 1968 Issue
  • School for Scandal
    Anthony BurgessMay 1987 Issue
  • On Hats
    Roy Blount Jr.January 1983 Issue
  • Super Thoughts
    Anthony BurgessApril 1985 Issue
  • An Antidote to the Cult of Self-Discipline

    A new novel sees procrastination as one of the last bastions of the creative mind.

    Hillary KellyJuly 1, 2024
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