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September 8, 2025

Every profession has its secrets…if it hadn’t it wouldn’t be a profession.

Saki (H.H. Munro, 1870–1916), British short-story writer and journalist, “The Story of St. Vespaluus” (1911), The Cynic’s Lexicon, Jonathon Green, ed. (London: 1986), p.183

What is the most surprising of the many secrets you have no doubt learned since you were inducted into the profession of politics?

My most surprising secret was the realization that the possession of political power in the hands of certain persons is utterly, thoroughly, wholly, and totally frightening.


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