WHAT I KNOW ABOUT GARDENING. 



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only the standard things, and learn to talk 

 knowingly of the rest. Of course, one must 

 keep up a reputation. I have seen people 

 greatly enjoy themselves, and elevate themselves 

 in their own esteem, in a wise and critical talk 

 about all the choice wines, while they were 

 sipping a decoction, the original cost of which 

 bore no relation to the price of grapes. 



