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Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.
Henry James The Portrait of a Lady
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Still, who could say what men ever were looking for? They looked for what they found; they knew what pleased them only when they saw it.
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The Portrait of a Lady

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