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It is generally conceded that the Grand Canon of Arizona beggars / description. I shall therefore endeavor to refrain from doing so. I / realize that this is going to be a considerable contract. Nearly / everybody, on taking a first look at the Grand Canon, comes right out / and admits its wonders are absolutely indescribable -- and then proceeds / to write anywhere from two thousand to fifty thousand words, giving the / full details. Speaking personally, I wish to say that I do not know / anybody who has yet succeeded in getting away with the job.
In the old days when he was doing the literature for the Barnum show, / Tody Hamilton would have made the best nominee I can think of. Remember, / don't you, how when Tody started in to write about the elephant / quadrille you had to turn over to the next page to find the verb? And / almost any one of those young fellows who write advertising folders for / the railroads would gladly tackle the assignment; in fact, some of them / already have -- but not with any tumultuous success.