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As Golly tells Harriet in the film: “Knowing everything won’t do you a bit of good unless you use it to put beauty into this world.”

Harriet’s sadness is compounded by Golly’s recent departure — a scene that has made me weep ever since I was five and has got my chin quivering right this moment — and without anyone to rely on, Harriet has to face the consequences of her actions.

If that’s not a sign that Michelle Trachtenberg and Harriet put beauty into this world, exactly like Golly said, then I don’t know what is.

Oh by gosh, by golly, it’s time for this week’s Slate News Quiz.

“We can chop it down and, by golly, it pops up again the next day,” he said.