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from one person to another,

like yawning or mono?

Sure it can.

That's our position:

That the will to speak

traveled that night

across the dark

New Jersey highways

until it arrived

on this very block,

where it would

take up residence,

or try to,

in someone new.

Gladys, let's go!

Timeliness is

an important part of it.

- Heston.

- Earl.

I'll just have the...

just the...

just the...

just the...

just the pizza,

thanks.

Thank you.

What kind of a name

is O. Henry?

Not a pseudonym,

that we all know;

but...?

How about

nom de plume?

Does nom de plume

sound right?

It sounds right to me.

It was toward the end of the reading

that no one seems

to have completed.

Open your books

to page 248.

Let's do the reading that should

have been done last night.

Fish or pizza?

Yeah, I'll have the pizza.

Fish or pizza?

I'll have the...

The pizza's plain or pep.

Fish is... not sure.

Like general fish.

Yeah, I'll have the...

the... the...

the, uh...

the... not...

not the...

I'll just... just...

- just...

- The fish?

The general fish...

please.

Come back for seconds.

Plenty left.

Thank you, ma'am.

- Fish or pizza?

- Pizza.

Do you want to keep on

trying the breathing exercises,

or something new?

Is it all right

if I... if I

don't have an opinion?

Let's try this.

I read in this journal,

"Clinical Pathways

to Speech Pathology,"

that it's hard

to be anything but fluent

when you whisper

or sing.

I sent away for a videotape

of some people trying that out.

Not a solution,

obviously,

but wanna give it

a shot?

I can't... I can't...

I can't...

I can't do this.

Isn't this

too stupid, Honoria?

Even for Honoria.

This is too stupid.

I can just feel it.

I explained this, Hal,

that this is not my specialty.

I'm sorry, I'm trying.

It's really a shame

that you're not hyperactive,

because that I know well.

And that I can

work miracles with...

hyperactivity.

But...

back to breathing.

Yeah?

Breathe.

Good, come on.

It was 1858,

and while Senator Stephen Douglas

set out his case

that states ought to choose

whether to allow slavery,

Abraham Lincoln consulted

with the smart

citizens of Illinois

to plot his answer.

Lincoln's a chick.

Let me find now a citizen

to assist me in coming up

with arguments

against Senator Douglas.

Where can I find

such a citizen helper?

The commoner in the

striped plum-colored shirt...

we need you, sir.

Rise to your duty.

- Come on!

- Get up there.

My assistant has come

to offer me arguments

in my debate

against the Senator.

Ha!

Now I'm quaking.

What cannot a house

divided against itself do?

It is this argument

that will lead me to victory.

What cannot it do?

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