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“In the case of Beatrice’s money this was not so pronounced, but it was obvious that his father had devoted the previous year to several unfortunate gambles in oil. Very little of the oil had been burned, but Stephen Blaine had been rather badly singed.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Fitzgerald, F. Scott. (n.d.). Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/F._Scott_Fitzgerald

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