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concealed later on persists until death
The human infant, as it comes into the world, is so puny that if it were neglected for [Pg 123] two days running it would infallibly perish, and this congenital infirmity, though more or less concealed later on, persists until death.
— from Prejudices, Third Series by H. L. (Henry Louis) Mencken

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