{"id":3933,"date":"2005-07-01T18:49:38","date_gmt":"2005-07-01T22:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/formerlyknownas\/2005\/07\/01\/how-to-spend-a-long-july-week"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:57:36","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:57:36","slug":"how-to-spend-a-long-july-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2005\/07\/01\/how-to-spend-a-long-july-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"how to spend a long July weekend?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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summer evening—
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