Nabokov Played

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“Humbert Humbert. What a thrillingly different name.”
—Vladimir Nabokov (1899–1977)

“Taft, laughing, “What troubles [brother] Charles is, he is afraid Roosevelt will get the credit of making me President and not himself.” To Charles: “I will agree not to minimize the part you played in making me President if you will agree not to minimize the part Roosevelt played.””
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)