(August 26, 1934), Militancy Avoided, work: Oakland Tribune, retrieved: December 22, 2016
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New England is about right. And the Pacific Coast would make a nice, other Italy. But as for the rest of the country, I honestly don't know what to do with it. Do you?

— Bertrand Collins

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "New England is about right. And the Pacific Coast would make a nice, other Italy. But as for the rest of the country, I honestly don't know what to do with it. Do you?" in the context of "(August 26, 1934), Militancy Avoided, work: Oakland Tribune, retrieved: December 22, 2016" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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About Bertrand Collins

Edward Bertrand Collins (March 15, 1893 - December 16, 1964), commonly known as Bertrand Collins, was an American novelist from Seattle, Washington and the son of that city's former mayor, John Collins.