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"Public works which did not serve the rich and powerful had a way of dying of neglect."

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“One’s own yesterday is a ghost that will not be laid. Death is the only exorcism.”

“Exact words were of no consequence. At heart the squabble was as old as humanity itself, fug-headed antiques locking horns with omniscient youth.”

“I have seen it before. Little people have to hate, have to blame someone for their own inadequacies.”

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