“How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world, that has such people in it!”
Variant: O, brave new world
that has such people in't!
Source: The Tempest
“O, wonder!
How many goodly creatures are there here!
How beauteous mankind is! O brave new world,
That has such people in't!”
Source: The Tempest
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