"plaudits (praise)"

[Wilson Gray]

The writer apparently has little faith in the quality of the lexicons
of his readers. And he's probably correct in his estimation.

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-Wilson
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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
-Mark Twain

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