Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable… - John Jay Chapman

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Every generation is a secret society and has incommunicable enthusiasms, tastes and interests which are a mystery both to its predecessors and to posterity.

John Jay Chapman

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John Jay Chapman (March 2, 1862 – November 4, 1933) was an American writer and essayist, born in New York City.

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