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Maxwell Evarts Perkins: [looking at the three cates containing the manuscript of Thomas Wolfe's new book] This - is Of Time and the River? Well done. Now go home and get some sleep.
Thomas Wolfe: I... I...
Maxwell Evarts Perkins: Let me read it.
Thomas Wolfe: Read it kindly. Please.
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Thomas Wolfe: I'm sorry I'm not decent enough for your fine dinner parties and your fine friends, but before you drag me out to the wood shed, I think you ought to look at who is giving the lesson. Am I supposed to grow up like you?
Maxwell Evarts Perkins: No, Tom, but you're supposed to grow up.
Alex Large
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