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Book Voice of the big city

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“A quarter of a century ago, schoolchildren used to learn their lessons in a chant manner. Their declamatory style was a cross between the sonorous recitative of an Episcopal priest and the itch of a weary sawmill. I say this with all due respect. After all, boards and sawdust are very useful and necessary things. I remember a charming and instructive couplet that read out to our class during anatomy lessons. The line was especially unforgettable: “The tibia is the longest bone in the human body...”

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О. of Henry
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Russian
Translator
Ирина Гавриловна Гурова

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