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Image of the quote is loading... SaveSave Which I wish to remark - And my language is plain - That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain The heathen Chinese is peculiar. - Quote by Bret Harte

Which I wish to remark – And my language is plain – That for ways that are dark And for tricks that are vain The heathen Chinese is peculiar.

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