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August 1962

The Continuity of Temptation

Some Wilde ideas--and some not so wild

ONCE upon a time there was a writer named Oscar Wilde. Wilde had a fondness for wisecracks. You know what a wisecrack is. It is a wisecrack if I say: "A Salvation Army Center is a place where a man gets everything that he needs--and nothing that he wants." Of course, this is true only because the man never wants anything that is good for him.

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