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The Selected Letters of Ezra Pound, 1907–1941 choose

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[US] E. Pound letter Feb. in Paige Sel. Letters (1971) 322: Yes, do better than that squiff, that femme ouistiti and lowest degree of animal life (apart from Cambridge Eng. profs) .
at squiff, n.
[US] E. Pound letter 14 Mar. in Paige Sel. Letters (1971) 340: If a race neglects to create its own gods, it gets the bump.
at bump, n.1
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