Energy for cutting wood

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"Here in Maine we draw from pioneer beginnings to maintain that pies are to cut wood on. That is, you tuck away a piece of pie and it will sustain you at your work, whereas food that digests on you is a sham and an imposter.''
 

-- John Gould, from his book Old Hundredth (1987)

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