"We can do without any article of luxury we have never had; but when once obtained, it is not in human natur’ to surrender it voluntarily."

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“I want you to see Peel, Stanley, Graham, Sheil, Russell, Macaulay, Old Joe, and soon. They are all upper-crust here.”

“Commodore Marlin: My friend, I ask you a plain civil question; will you give me a plain, civil answer?”

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“Nicknames stick to people, and the most ridiculous are the most adhesive.”

“Punctuality is the soul of business.”

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Literature1953

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