 you have the honor of seeing the two greatest men in the world." " I don't know how great men you may be," said the Guinea man, " but I don't like your looks. I have often bought a man much better than both of you, all muscles and bones, for ten guineas.  Out-door Papers - Page 111by Thomas Wentworth Higginson - 1863 - 370 pagesFull view - About this book
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