"A tall young man sped swiftly up the wide stone steps leading to the doorway of a mansion in one of Chicago's most fashionable avenues."

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Source : George Barr McCutcheon (2013). “The George Barr McCutcheon MEGAPACK ®: 25 Classic Novels and Stories”, p.1476, Wildside Press LLC

George Barr McCutcheon

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“The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored, rejected, and forgotten. No amount of historical gymnastics can hide the public record of AMA opposition to virtually every major health reform in the past 50 years....The AMA has turned into a propaganda organ purveying 'medical politics' for deceiving the Congress, the people, and the doctors of America themselves.”
“Emotions are enmeshed in the neural networks of reason.”
“Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter.”
“You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them? So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the universe.”
“In the quest for fortune and fame...don't forget about the simple things.”
“I'm not good at accepting help.”
“The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy.”
“It's amazing what you don't see, though. Even when it's right in front of your eyes.”

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