It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has …

Mark Twain
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It has been said that a Scotchman has not seen the world until he has seen Edinburgh; and I think that I may say that an American has not seen the United States until he has seen Mardi Gras in New Orleans. ✨ Mark Twain, Peter Kaminsky (2009). The Chicago of Europe, and Other Tales of Foreign Travel, p.14, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
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