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Humbert Wolfe

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You cannot hope
to bribe or twist,
thank God! the
British journalist.

But, seeing what
the man will do
unbribed, there's
no occasion to.
--
"Over the Fire", from The Uncelestial City (London: Victor Gollancz, 1930) p. 30.

 
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