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A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
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Birth: | 10th July, 1867 |
Death: | 24th April, 1936 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist, Writer |
Finley Peter Dunne was an American humorist and writer from Chicago. He published Mr. Dooley in Peace and War, a collection of his nationally syndicated Mr. Dooley sketches, in 1898. The fictional Mr. Dooley expounded upon political and social issues of the day from his South Side Chicago Irish pub and he spoke with the thick verbiage and accent of an Irish immigrant from County Roscommon.
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