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Rudyard Kipling - I have struck a city - a real city -...

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago. The other places don't count. Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages. (Rudyard Kipling)

I have struck a city - a real city - and they call it Chicago. The other places don't count. Having seen it, I urgently desire never to see it again. It is inhabited by savages.

Rudyard Kipling

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