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Pructus Posted 15 years ago
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Would as soon do without the one as the other

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The milkman has a rival in early calling, and that rival is the newspaper boy. Both milk and news are required for breakfast and the London businessman would as soon do without the one as the other, the first being for his bodily refreshment and the second for his mental.



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Here, the one refers to milk and the other refers to news?



What does the underlined part mean?


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