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As to the journalists, those gutter-boys who peeped into the…
Quote byOscar Levy · 1867–1946
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Revival of Aristocracy (1906), p. 97..
English (original)
As to the journalists, those gutter-boys who peeped into the work-shop of the spirit through the key-holes, in order to communicate to their fellow-urchins what they thought they had seen ...
— Oscar Levy
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