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The hand is quicker than the eye

Posted by Victoria S Dennis on October 02, 2005

In Reply to: The hand is quicker than the eye posted by Mark Cummins on October 01, 2005

: I am looking for the origin of "the hand is quicker than the eye." Thank you.
It's part of the traditional patter of stage magicians, like "Now you see it, now you don't". (VSD)

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