THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE AMERICAN NATION:
FRAGMENT III—"MY INTELLECTUAL LIFE, PART ONE"
FOOTNOTE 23
But with Dr. Muscle putting great effort into trying not to look hurried. At all times, Dr. Muscle held his elbows slightly out from his body, the way wrestlers do when circling one another before a grapple. This habit, combined with Muscle's effort to appear unhurried when he was in fact positively filled with haste, gave him even more than his usual comic resemblance to a large primate. [Author's note.]
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