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There are few more impressive sights in the world than a Scotsman on the make.
James M. Barrie
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James M. Barrie
Age: 77 †
Born: 1860
Born: May 9
Died: 1937
Died: June 19
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Second to the right, and straight on till morning.' That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland but even birds, carrying maps and consulting them at windy corners, could not have sighted it with these instructions. Peter, you see, just said anything that came into his head.
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Every man who is high up likes to think he has done it all himself and the wife smiles, and lets it go at that. It's our only joke. Every woman knows that.
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Oh the gladness of their gladness when they're glad, And the sadness of their sadness when they're sad But the gladness of their gladness, and the sadness of their sadness, Are as nothing to their badness when they're bad
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How shall we ever know if it's morning if there's no servant to pull up the blinds?
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They were going round and round the island, but they did not meet because all were going at the same rate.
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All are keeping a sharp look-out in front, but none suspects that the danger may be creeping up from behind.
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