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As a rule from what I've observed the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.
As a rule from what I've observed the American Captain of Industry doesn't do anything out of business hours. When he has put the cat out and locked up the office for the night he just relapses into a state of coma from which he emerges only to start being a Captain of Industry again.
Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern
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- P.G. Wodehouse
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- Approximate author period: c. 1902 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for P. G. Wodehouse: documented activity in 1902. Wikidata Q207515, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207515 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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