The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
— F. Scott Fitzgerald Modern

The Great Gatsby

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'The Crack-Up'

Date / Period

1936

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Strange & Unusual

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