The Workingest Boys I Ever Knew

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There's a photograph we'll leke to a itis, a very famous photograph of the plane when it took off. It actually looks like it could be photoshopped. And i assume it's its wilbur is standing there a in silhouette ing it. There's something about his stants a and the way he's dancing that's,. that's just incredibly moving to me as part of human creativity in a stiff color.

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