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This is no trick; I'll 'roll up my sleeves if you wish. Mix them up again. Now shake. Again the big ones go up and the little ones go down.
That always happens. You have seen it happening all your life, all around you, in a thousand different ways. But have you seen it?
Have you ever noticed how many times we have to see a thing before we see it!
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