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Rosie tagged me to answer this book survey.

MEME Rules:

1. Pick up the nearest book of 125 pages or more.
   Eh. Bad timing. This one’s a bit… difficult.
2. State the title and author of the book.
   Walden by Henry David Thoreau.
3. Find page 25.
   Okay.
4. Type in the first 5 sentences.
   

   The luxury of one class is counterbalanced by the indigence of another. On the one side is the palace, on the other are the almshouse and “silent poor.” The myriads who built the pyramids to be the tombs of the of Pharaohs were fed on garlic, and it may be were not decently buried themselves. The mason who finishes the cornice of the palace returns at night perchance to a hut not so good as a wigwam. It is a mistake to suppose that, in a country where the usual evidences of civilization exist, the condition of a very large body of the inhabitants may not be as degraded as that of savages.

   This guy has quite a chip on his shoulder. g-r-u-m-p-y.

5. Find page 100 and type in the first, second and fifth word on the page.
   some, and, in.
6. Tag 5 people
   There are probably about five people who look at this site except for Rosie. Soooo, have at it. You know who you are.

I’m back in SF, by the way.

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