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Beautiful use of language and incisive point.

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Try as he might to emulate the master’s mannerisms and gestures, his manservant Mikhail’s natural servility and forced earnestness were no match for the master’s effortless bravado and biting sarcasm. #TolstoysTalesofTrump

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@RobertEllsberg

@RobertEllsberg

Thank you! I was afraid the syntax was getting away from me.

3:17 PM · Apr 29, 2020

It was all good -- all antecedents and other references were entirely clear. ;-)

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