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by chaosmachine 5830 days ago

  6:00 am: Rise from bed.
  6:15 - 6:30: Dumbbell exercise and wall-scaling.
  7:15 - 8:15: Study electricity, etc.
  8:30 - 4:30: Work.
  4:30 - 5:00: Baseball and sports.
  5:00 - 6:00: Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it.
  7:00 - 9:00: Study needed inventions.
3 comments

I'm pretty sure this is from The Great Gatsby -- I remember the dumbbell part. Am I right?
Yes. I remember the "practice elocution" part.
How does one "Practice elocution, poise and how to attain it?"
Where have I seen this before..? :P