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G.K. Chesterton, The Man Who Was Thursday Quotes: I am not good at deception, ' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right, ' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything.
         

I am not good at deception, ' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right, ' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything.


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I am not good at deception, ' said Tuesday gloomily, flushing.Right, my boy, right, ' said the President with a ponderous heartiness, 'You aren't good at anything.
         



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