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majority of houses in cities are not
The great majority of houses in cities are not built by the indwellers themselves; they are built for them by those who invest their money in this way, with little other thought than the percentage which the investment will return.
— from Household Papers and Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe

me on his important cases and now
He has always used me on his important cases, and now I am attending the most important case of all—his own."
— from Mary Louise Solves a Mystery by L. Frank (Lyman Frank) Baum

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