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Chapter 2

anæmic having anemia, an illness of the blood resulting in paleness and generalized weakness; also can mean anyone lacking vigor or vitality; lifelessness.

J.D. Rockefeller (1839–1937); U.S. industrialist and philanthropist.

Simon Called Peter Robert Keable's best-selling fiction work from 1922.

hauteur disdainful pride; haughtiness; snobbery.

Kaiser Wilhelm ruler of Germany, 1871–1918. Remember, the U.S. had not long prior fought WWI (1914–1918) wherein the Allies (Great Britain, Russia, France, the United States., Italy, Japan, and so on) fought against the Central Powers (Germany, Austria, Hungary, and others).

kike a Jew: a vulgar term of hostility and contempt.

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