THE 'POWERS' THAT BE. 



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try, Sir, if you can't slice it up like, into small uns, 



so that a plain man can understand it ' 



* And make it so plain that every one as he 



reads shall think he knew it before. Well come 

 we'll talk it over in plain English after luncheon.' 



' It's his first year at plough : he was " lapping craows" for the last 

 two or three.' 



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