Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never …

Charles Dickens
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Why should I disguise what you know so well, but what the crowd never dream of? We companies are all birds of prey; mere birds of prey. The only question is, whether in serving our own turn, we can serve yours too; whether in double-lining our own nest, we can put a single living into yours. ✨ Charles Dickens (1867). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, p.277
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