But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no… — Chinua Achebe
But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan. His enemies said that his good fortune had gone to his head.
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