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Heywood Broun Quotes: Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly they don't have to sew buttons.
         

Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly they don't have to sew buttons.


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Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly they don't have to sew buttons.
         



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