You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance… - George W. Plunkitt

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You can’t study human nature in books. Books is a hindrance more than anything else. p. 25

George W. Plunkitt

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George Washington Plunkitt (17 November 1842 – November 19, 1924) was a New York State Senator and, as a member of Tammany Hall, a ward boss for the Fifteenth Assembly District.

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