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The great man listened and replied: “I have noticed you scattering your means round here pretty freely but you haven’t said ‘turkey’ to me.
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gutenberg.orgThe great man listened and replied: “I have noticed you scattering your means round here pretty freely but you haven’t said ‘turkey’ to me.
Watterson quotes a famous statesman highlighting the transactional nature of politics.
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