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Foma Gordyeff

CHAPTER VII
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Do you understand?
And those people that are of equal height and weight--I can place in any position I like." "And whom does it please to be a brick ?" said Foma, morosely.
"It is not a question of pleasing, it is a matter of fact.

If you are made of hard material, they cannot plane you.

It is not everybody's phiz that you can rub off.

But some people, when beaten with a hammer, turn into gold.

And if the head happens to crack--what can you do?
It merely shows it was weak." "He also spoke about toil.


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