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Sarah Bernhardt: The monster of...

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The monster of advertisement. . . is a sort of octopus with innumerable tentacles. It throws out to right and left, in front and behind, its clammy arms, and gathers in, through its thousand little suckers, all the gossip and slander and praise afloat...

Source: The Memoirs of Sarah Bernhardt, ch. 7, 1977 edition.
-- Sarah Bernhardt, (Oct 22 1844-1923), French actress; She performed throughout Europe and in America and became one of the best-known figures in the history of the stage.


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