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> [“The wooing of those days was prompt and practical. There was no time for the gradual approaches of an idler and more conventional age. It is related of one Stout, one of the legendary Nimrods of Illinois, who was well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hay/the-wooing-of-those-days-was-prompt-and-practical-there-was-no-time/)

[John Hay](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hay/)

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