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Quote by Charles James Mathews
I have not been such a bad fellow after all.
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The speaker concludes that, despite some faults or doubts, they have not been as bad as they may have seemed. “After all” gives the sentence a tone of reconsideration and modest self-defence.
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- The Life of Charles James Mathews, Chiefly Autobiographical, with Selections from His Correspondence and Speeches
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- Official Statement
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