The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good st — Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good st — Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good st — Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good st — Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good st — Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
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The raconteur knows too well that, if he investigates the truth of the matter, he is only too likely to lose his good story.

— Herbert Butterfield, Origins Of History
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