Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945) 32nd President of the United States
Roosevelt to Henry M. Heymann (2 December 1919), as quoted in Roosevelt and Howe (1962), by Alfred B. Rollins, Jr., p. 153
1910s
“The Ancient Egyptians considered it good luck to meet a swarm of Bees on the road. What they considered bad luck I couldn't say.”
The Bee, from Insects for Everybody
How to Attract the Wombat (1949)
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