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Life of Demonax (39)

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Even for questions meant to be insoluble he generally had a shrewd answer at command, Some one tried to make a fool of him by asking, If I burn a hundred pounds of wood, how many pounds of smoke shall I get? Weigh the ashes; the difference is all smoke.’

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