Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imi…

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Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author, p.615
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Most sorts of diversion in men, children and other animals, are in imitation of fighting. ✨ Jonathan Swift, Thomas Roscoe (1859). The works of Jonathan Swift, D.D.: with copious notes and additions and a memoir of the author, p.615

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