Chapter 3, “My Odd Shelf” (p. 25)
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These men may have been incompetent bunglers, but, by God, they were gentlemen.
— Anne Fadiman
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Anne Fadiman" (Quotes, Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader (1998): All page numbers from the first paperback edition, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, , in 2000, 14th printing )
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About Anne Fadiman
Anne Fadiman (born August 7, 1953) is an American essayist and reporter.
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