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April 5, 2014
This has been our steady method:
varnish, varnish; if a thing have grown so rotten that it yawns palpable, and is so inexpressibly ugly that the eyes of the very populace discern it and detest it,— bring out a new pot of varnish, with the requisite supply of putty; and lay it on handsomely. Don't spare varnish; how well it will all look in a few days, if laid on well! Varnish alone is cheap and is safe; avoid carpentering, chiselling, sawing and hammering on the old quiet House ; — dry-rot is in it, who knows how deep; don't disturb the old beams and junctures: varnish, varnish, if you will be blessed by gods and men! Thomas Carlyle (1867) "Shooting Niagara -- And After?"
Posted by gerardvanderleun at April 5, 2014 6:10 PM. This is an entry on the sideblog of American Digest: Check it out.
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"There's a lot of dead wood underneath the veneer"
Posted by: Chris at April 6, 2014 2:01 PM
"There's a lot of dead wood underneath the veneer"
Posted by: Chris at April 6, 2014 2:02 PM