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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)
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A Scheme for abolishing all Words is one of the wittiest and smartest comments on semantics. (Illustration: extreme close-up from the movie "The Big Swallow" (1901), produced and directed by James Williamson (1855-1933)

James Butler Hickok (May 27, 1837August 2, 1876), better known as Wild Bill Hickok, was a legendary figure in the American Old West. After fighting in the Union Army during the American Civil War, he became a famous army scout, and later, a lawman and gunfighter.



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