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122ucb.00014xxx.00812xxx.00814I just spin out my notes[I just spin out my notes]1876–1882prose1 leafhandwritten
[I just spin out my notes]
to my Notes" is written along the top of the page.
Some lines in this manuscript can also be found in [I just spin out my notes], another prose manuscript