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“I have not permitted myself, gentlemen, to conclude that I am the best man in the country; but I am reminded, in this connection, of a story of an old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses when crossing streams.”
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- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.60
- Indexed:
- 2026-07-04
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- 3b6993f441448da027d9a007d6300f47af4de2494896f1568748424a29f294cf
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