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The practical lesson to be drawn, one for all the ages, is the peril involved in a wife's untimely interruption of the wise observations and sage reflections of her husband.
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Adlai Stevenson
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Editor's note · Context
Stevenson humorously reflects on the consequences of a wife's interruption during a husband's speech.
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