"Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends."
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South Wind (1917), ch. 20
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Norman Douglas
George Norman Douglas (8 December 1868 – 7 February 1952) was a British writer best remembered for his novel South Wind (1917).
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