"Later, when we were forced to accept the fact that finding gold was really the primary object of a gold-mining company, we still remained there"
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Bret Harte
Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1839 β May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California.
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