| http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#value | - Because, in Carroll???s day, hatters were proverbially mad (???mad as a hatter,??? the saying went)???that is, afflicted with the addled speech, tremors known as ???hatter???s shakes,??? and, ultimately, hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms brought on by long exposure to mercury, which they used to cure the felt needed to make top hats.
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