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Ted Shawn

"I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things."

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"I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things."

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"I wanted to see if the American man in plain brown pants and a bare torso could speak profound things."
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