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Wednesday's Poem: "Small Talk" by Eleanor Lerman, from The Sensual World Re-emerges. Wednesday's Literary Notes: It was on this day in 1892 that an early version of the Pledge of Allegiance appeared in The Youth's Companion magazine. It read: "I pledge allegiance to my Flag and the Republic for which it stands; one nation indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."..
