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Having been summoned
to serve as a juror,
a Prominent Citizen
sent a physician's certificate
stating he was afflicted
with softening
of the brain.
"The gentleman is excused,"
said the Judge,
handing back the certificate
to the person
who had brought it,
"he has a brain."
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A Talisman
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Having a brain—a major onus and also a sidestep to sanity—
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Having a brain is the greatest onus of sanity
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