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1     1|         get sleep. Then a bright idea struck him. It was to walk,
2     3|           asked:~ ~"What is your idea of Meissonier?"~ ~Patissot
3     4|         brains for some original idea. He frequented the cafes,
4     4|     troops as a reward. I had an idea about which I wrote to the
5     4| listening to him and finding his idea excellent. An old gentleman
6     4|    exclaimed:~ ~"That is a great idea, monsieur, which does you
7     6|         patriotism, which is the idea at the base of it? When
8     6|    murderer kills he has a fixed idea; it is to steal. When a
9     6|    perhaps, a great artist, what idea is he following out?"~ ~