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Stuff You Missed in History Class

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Moore's Defamation of a Poem by Clement C Moore

Moore's family members gave three completely different stories about what inspired him to write it. His detractors have also brought up a hand written note on the title page of a book that he donated to the new york historical society. The note says, by clement c moore, a m. This book is a translation of another work. But his supporters counter that this note is not even in his handwriting,. It 's probably not him trying to say i translated this book, but is just a notation written by some one else at the historical society who donated the book to day. Livingstone's supporters argue that the poem uses language in a way that makes it more likely to be living

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