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“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.”
Provenance
- Source:
- A Tale of Two Cities
- Type:
- quote
- Confidence:
- 0.85
- Indexed:
- 2026-05-01
- Hash:
- af8da705bfd95621983e5cf4232ac1ca0c79b47122e3defd8a98fa9a4387d985
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