No doubt they would tolerate him now for the Professor’s sa… - Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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No doubt they would tolerate him now for the Professor’s sake; but who would not rather be ignored than tolerated?

Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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F. Anstey was the pen-name of Thomas Anstey Guthrie (8 August 1856 – 10 March 1934), an English novelist and journalist.

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Pen Names: F. Anstey • Francis Anstey

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No doubt they would tolerate him now for the Professor’s sake; but who would not rather be ignored than tolerated? - Thomas Anstey Guthrie

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