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Updated: May 4, 2025

'He was th' man that come in con-sumption's dreaded form, says I, 'an' he was afraid iv no man. 'Well, thin, says he, 'how ar-re we to account f'r this disgrace? he says. "'Well, says I, 'd'ye raymimber th' fightin' tenth precint? Ye must've heerd ye'er father tell about it. It was famous f'r th' quality an' quantity iv th' warfare put up in it.

Finley Peter Dunne - Mr. Dooley in Peace and in War