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"And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?"

Tillie Olsen, American Novelist

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"And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?"

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"And when is there time to remember, to sift, to weigh, to estimate, to total?"

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