Ch. 4
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Alice Toklas' father had almost once had an oil well they dug and dug but naturally the oil did not gush, naturally not these things never do happen to any one one knows, if it could happen to them you would not be very likely to know them most naturally not.
— Gertrude Stein
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Alice Toklas' father had almost once had an oil well they dug and dug but naturally the oil did not gush, naturally not these things never do happen to any one one knows, if it could happen to them you would not be very likely to know them most naturally not." in the context of "Ch. 4" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
Source: Wikiquote: "Gertrude Stein" (Quotes, Everybodyโs Autobiography (1937))
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About Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein (3 February 1874 โ 27 July 1946) was an American expatriate writer, poet, feminist, and playwright, who lived most of her life in Europe. She is remembered for her "flow-of-thought" and sometimes "cyclical" or "circular" manner of expressing things.
About Gertrude Stein
Gertrude Stein (3 February 1874 โ 27 July 1946) was an American expatriate writer, poet, feminist, and playwright, who lived most of her life in Europe. She is remembered for her "flow-of-thought" and sometimes "cyclical" or "circular" manner of expressing things.
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