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Oliver Wendell Holmes Quotes: Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
         

Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.


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Heredity is an omnibus in which all our ancestors ride and every now and then one of them puts his head out and embarrasses us.
         



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