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[spiralsheep]

Asked about his sloppy appearance, Pollard responded simply that he had become engrossed in a 'gorgeous edition of the Arabian Nights' and 'just couldn't find time to undress and go to sleep'.

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[spiralsheep]

Occasionally I amuse myself by asking google's AI to find one of my quotes here and the responses are often hilariously wrong: 'This anecdote refers to Alfred William Pollard (1859–1944), a renowned British bibliophile, librarian, and scholar who worked at the British Museum. The quote is a description of him in his "unregenerate youth" while studying at Oxford.' Wholly untrue. :D