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Xavier is on page 44 of 344
Babbitt spoke well—and often—at these orgies of commercial righteousness about the “realtor’s function as a seer of the future development of the community, and as a prophetic engineer clearing the pathway for inevitable changes”—which meant that a real-estate broker could make money by guessing which way the town would grow. This guessing he called Vision.
Nov 26, 2024 06:15AM
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"Oh, quit fussing!", Babbitt fussed.
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Xavier is on page 91 of 344
You know during the war we had the Undesirable Element, the Reds and walking delegates and just the plain common grouches, dead to rights, and so did we for quite a while after the war, but folks forget about the danger and that gives these cranks a chance to begin working underground again, especially a lot of these parlor socialists. Well, it’s up to the folks that do a little sound thinking to make a conscious eff
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Xavier is on page 91 of 344
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"unofficial theory that he was to take his vacation alone."
Dec 09, 2024 11:35AM
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and when Zilla Riesling remembered an injury the world stopped till something had been done about it.
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Xavier is on page 81 of 344
With a jar Babbitt realized that his wife was too busy to be impressed by that moral indignation with which males rule the world, and he went humbly up-stairs to dress.
Nov 26, 2024 07:35AM
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Xavier is on page 73 of 344
Well, matter of taste. Personally, I prefer a city with a future so unknown that it excites my imagination. But what I particularly want—�

“You,� said Dr. Yavitch, “are a middle-road liberal, and you haven’t the slightest idea what you want. I, being a revolutionist, know exactly what I want—and what I want now is a drink.�
Nov 26, 2024 07:26AM
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Xavier
Xavier is on page 73 of 344
The worst thing about these fellows is that they’re so good and, in their work at least, so intelligent. You can’t hate them properly, and yet their standardized minds are the enemy.
Nov 26, 2024 07:25AM
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Xavier
Xavier is on page 73 of 344
“No, what I fight in Zenith is standardization of thought, and, of course, the traditions of competition. The real villains of the piece are the clean, kind, industrious Family Men who use every known brand of trickery and cruelty to insure the prosperity of their cubs. The worst thing about these fellows is that they’re so good and, in their work at least, so intelligent. You can’t hate them properly, and yet their
Nov 26, 2024 07:25AM
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Xavier
Xavier is on page 72 of 344
I hate your city. It has standardized all the beauty out of life. It is one big railroad station—with all the people taking tickets for the best cemeteries,� Dr. Yavitch said placidly.

Doane roused. “I’m hanged if it is! You make me sick, Kurt, with your perpetual whine about ‘standardization.� Don’t you suppose any other nation is ‘standardized?� Is anything more standardized than England, with every house that can
Nov 26, 2024 07:24AM
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