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Thomas Hood Quotes: Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
         

Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.


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Some minds improve by travel, others, rather, resemble copper wire, or brass, which get the narrower by going farther.
         



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