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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave I now remembered that Mrs. Todd had told me one day that Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading. - Quote by Sarah Orne Jewett

I now remembered that Mrs. Todd had told me one day that Captain Littlepage had overset his mind with too much reading.

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