[The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.]@TWC D-Link book
The Complete PG Works of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
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That would do to begin with.

I would then advertise myself as the celebrated Professor Brainey, or whatever name I might choose, and wait for my first customer.
My first customer is a middle-aged man.

I look at him,--ask him a question or two, so as to hear him talk.

When I have got the hang of him, I ask him to sit down, and proceed to fumble his skull, dictating as follows: SCALE FROM 1 TO 10.
LIST OF FACULTIES FOR PRIVATE NOTES FOR MY PUPIL.
CUSTOMER.
Each to be accompanied with a wink.
Amativeness, 7.

Most men love the conflicting sex, and all men love to be told they do.
Alimentiveness, 8.


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