Imperial Examination System

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    The formal Washington dinner party has all the spontaneity of a Japanese imperial funeral.
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    A clergyman, again, can hardly ever allow himself to look facts fairly in the face. It is his profession to support one side; it is impossible, therefore, for him to make an unbiased examination of the other.
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    Daily life is governed by an economic system in which the production and consumption of insults tends to balance out.
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