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"It seems to be a ruling passion amongst certain writers
to portray anybody connected with commerce as being an
ungrammatical ignoramus. Even Kipling panders to this notion
in his conception of a drapery assistant in the person of
'Kipps.'"--_Draper's Organiser_.
But did not Mr. WELLS do something to redress the balance in _Kim_?
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[Illustration: "WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO DO, NO. 4?"
"IT'S NO GOOD, INSTRUCTOR; I AIN'T GOT NO HEAD FOR HEIGHTS."]
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