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The lecturer who is full of his subject is usually very slow in emptying himself.

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Evan Esar
Age: 95 †
Born: 1899
Born: January 1
Died: 1995
Died: January 1
American Humorist
Humorist
Lecturer
Slow
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Subjects
Usually
Teaching
Full
Emptying

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