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When 'tis an aven thing in th' prayin', may th' best man win ... an' th' best man will win.

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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Journalist
Screenwriter
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Chicago
Illinois
Thing
Men
Winning
War
May
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I care not who makes th' laws iv a nation, if I can get out an injunction.
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Vice goes along way towards making life bearable. A little vice now and then is relished by the best of men.
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