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Who will argue that 98.6 farenheit is the right temperature for man? as for me, i decline to do it. it may be that we are all actually freezing hence the pervading stupidity of mankind. at 110 or 115 degrees even archbishops might be intelligent.
-H. L. Mencken
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Who Will Argue That 98.6 Farenheit Is

H. L. Mencken
Who will argue that 98.6 farenheit is the right temperature for man? as for me, i decline to do it. it may be that we are all actually freezing hence the pervading stupidity of mankind. at 110 or 115 degrees even archbishops might be intelligent.
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