It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chica…

Mark Twain
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It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago-she outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them. She is always a novelty; for she is never the Chicago you saw when you passed through the last time. ✨ Mark Twain (2014). Life On The Mississippi, p.643, Jazzybee Verlag
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