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... MOTLEY NOTES, By ALAN KEMP. HAPPY NEW YEAR. WE have all been wishing each other a happy New Year-- not without a certain sense of irony, in present circum stances. What is this happiness which we all desire for ourselves and each other, and which, indeed, every copybook informs us is the chief end of man's existence? A big question!-- but don't let that deter us. All the most distinguished ...

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