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Eve banned
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Kevin Mac Donnell <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 22 Sep 2011 09:28:05 -0500
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Interesting story, seeing how the illustrations are what provoked the clerk, the minister, and the undertaker. 

One should be careful what you wish to ban. To borrow from a quip of Twain's, if you ban Eve then Adams become "scarce, sir, mighty scarce." 


http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/22/us/eves-diary-banned-twain-book-back-at-charlton-mass-library.html?hp


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