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“There are certain thingsas, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three That I hate, but the thing thatI hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea.” quote by Lewis Carroll — Download Open image

“There are certain thingsas, a spider, a ghost, The income-tax, gout, an umbrella for three That I hate, but the thing thatI hate the most Is a thing they call the Sea.”

Lewis Carroll

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