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High finance isn't burglary or obtaining money by false pretenses, but rather a judicious selection from the best features of those fine arts.

Finley Peter Dunne

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Finley Peter Dunne
Age: 68 †
Born: 1867
Born: July 10
Died: 1936
Died: April 24
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