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I am indeed much more proud of his long-continued Friendship, than I should be of the Fame of being thought the Author of any Writings which he himself is capable of producing.

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Richard Steele

Journalist · Politician · 1671–1729

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Project Gutenberg, The Spectator, Volume 1
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