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Robert Louis Stevenson

(1854—1894)

English author

Every man has a sane spot somewhere.

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[spot] See: [HIT THE HIGH SPOTS], [HIT THE SPOT], [JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT], [ON THE SPOT] or [UPON THE SPOT] also [IN A SPOT], [SORE SPOT]. A Dictionary of American Idioms

on the spot

[on the spot] {adv.} or {adj. phr.} 1. or [upon the spot] At that exact time and at the same time or place; without waiting or leaving. * /The news […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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