"My brother Fairchild has just bought himself an "electronic janitor", a costly device which, I understand, keeps his house at an even temperature of 70 degrees without any effort on his part whatsoever. I don't know quite how it works, but it has something to do with molecules and the quantum theory."
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Robertson Davies
Robertson Davies CC (August 28 1913 β December 2 1995) was a Canadian novelist, playwright, critic, journalist and professor.
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