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Many of the books I read are downloaded from the Internet Archive in .mobi format but often the PDF doesn't transition well to .mobi and there are formatting and other errors. I've never found an error half as amusing as this one from Random Shots from a Rifleman.
"I have often heard it disputed whether the most daring deeds are done by men of good or bad repute, but I never felt inclined to give either a preference over the other, for I have seen the most desperate things done by both. I remember one day during the siege that a shell pitched in the trenches within a few yards of a noted bad character of the 52d regiment, who, rather than take the trouble of leaping out of the trench until it had exploded, went very deliberately up, took it in his anus, and pitched it outside, obliging those to jump back who had there taken shelter from it."
I'd jump back, too.
"I have often heard it disputed whether the most daring deeds are done by men of good or bad repute, but I never felt inclined to give either a preference over the other, for I have seen the most desperate things done by both. I remember one day during the siege that a shell pitched in the trenches within a few yards of a noted bad character of the 52d regiment, who, rather than take the trouble of leaping out of the trench until it had exploded, went very deliberately up, took it in his anus, and pitched it outside, obliging those to jump back who had there taken shelter from it."
I'd jump back, too.