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Anonymous Posted 19 years ago
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WE DIDN'T AMOUNT

0 Hi, someone could explain this to me?:02br
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00'The minister opened with prayer and reassured us that we were a pretty sorry lot. And he was right. We didn't amount too much to start with, and due to our own tawdry efforts we had been slipping ever since.'02br
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00Here, it refers to the Original Sin?02br
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00Thanks, Jo. 0-
  

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0I don't believe so. It seems, instead, that he means that the people gathered there were poor or of humble background, and were not likely to make it far in life. 0-

— BarbaraPA

  • 0I don't believe so.
  • It seems, instead, that he means that the people gathered there were poor or of humble background, and were not likely to make it far in life.
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0I don't believe so. It seems, instead, that he means that the people gathered there were poor or of humble background, and were not likely to make it far in life. But I don't know - I haven't read it.0-
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0 If this is still Travels with Charley, I think this is a wryly joking comment that the congregation is not the best behaved in the world, and doesn't really care two hoots.0-
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