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Before I came to this city I had heard that Chicago people were given to boasting, now I fear I am coming to be something of a boaster myself where Chicago is concerned. Since I have been here I have found Chicago just as the boasters had represented it.

— James Edward Quigley Quigley as an optimist (1903)

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What I object to is not that we are being talked about, or even that we are criticized. It is not a bad thing to be advertised when we depend on advertising for success, and criticism is usually helpful, but I object to people getting their information from those who do not know.

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