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If you ever attempt to 'Sir Roger' me again I'll enter into an…
Quote byRoger Casement · 1864–1916
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Devil and Mr. Casement. Casement replying to Gerald Spicer in a letter, page 149-150 of the Devil and Mr. Casement..
English (original)
if you ever attempt to 'Sir Roger' me again I'll enter into an alliance with the Aranas and Pablo Zumaeta to cut you off someday in the woods of St. James' Park, and convert you into a rubber worker to our joint profit
— Roger Casement
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