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John MuirAbout author
- Author's profession: Ecologist
- Nationality: american
- Born: April 21, 1838
- Died: December 24, 1914
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The prime minister's final flourish, Honour your country, for the eyes of the country are upon you, complete with drumrolls and bungle blasts, unearthed from the attics of the mustiest of nationalistic rhetoric, was ruined by a Good night that rang entirely false, but then that is the great thing about ordinary words, they are incapable of deceit.
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