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Patrick O'Brian Quotes: For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...
         

For very strangely his officers looked upon Jack Aubrey as a moral figure, in spite of all proofs of the contrary...


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