"One can't get to know people well here; the social life is amusing but superficial. However, remember that I am just a savage, from the jungles ! Perhaps when I am tamed, I will jump through the social hoops, too."

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“So, come all you young men. with your wicked, wicked ways. Sow your wild oats in your younger days. So that we may be happy when we grow old. Yes! happy and happy when we grow old. For the day's getting on and the night's getting long. Darling please gimme your arm and we'll joggle along, yes, we'll joggle and joggle and joggle along.”

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