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“Once upon a time all the men of mind and genius in the world became of one belief—that is to say, of no belief. But it wearied them to think that within a few years after their death many cults and systems and prognostications would be ascribed to them which they had never meditated nor intended. So they said to one another:”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Wikiquote: F. Scott Fitzgerald
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"The Jelly-Bean"

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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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