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A Life of Narrow Escapes
- Syracuse University Press
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81 A Life of Narrow Escapes So far, fortune has dusted us with the luck of the happy knife thrower and his bold willing bride. With a wink he smiles, Not luck, but skill! and throws his weight into the spin. But I see this question (and others like it) through the squinted eye of the one whirling. Daggers fly past and stick in an outline— a perfect silhouette. They know me, these knives, far better than I know them. ...