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But let us not get excited
But let us not get excited.
— from Down with the Cities! by Tadashi Nakashima

But let us not give ear
But let us not give ear to the superstitious, gun-deck gossip about whither we may be gliding, for, as yet, not a soul on board of us knows—not even the Commodore himself; assuredly not the Chaplain; even our Professor's scientific surmisings are vain.
— from White Jacket; Or, The World on a Man-of-War by Herman Melville

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