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From Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and Through the Looking Glass, by Lewis Carroll

"I only wanted to see what the garden was like, your Majesty---"
"That's right," said the Queen, patting her on the head, which Alice
didn't like at all: "though, when you say `garden'---_I've_ seen
gardens, compared with which this would be a wilderness."
Alice didn't dare to argue the point, but went on: "---and I thought
I'd try and find my way to the top of that hill---"
"When you say `hill,'" the Queen interrupted, "_I_ could show you
hills, in comparison with which you'd call that a valley."
"No, I shouldn't," said Alice, surprised into contradicting her at
last: "a hill _can't_ be a valley, you know.  That would be nonsense---"
The Red Queen shook her head.  "You may call it `nonsense' if you
like," she said, "but _I've_ heard nonsense, compared with which that
would be as sensible as a dictionary!"
		-- Through the Looking-Glass
		   Chapter ii

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