Let him go abroad to a distant country let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known. (Samuel Johnson)

Let him go abroad to a distant country let him go to some place where he is not known. Don't let him go to the devil, where he is known.

Samuel Johnson

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