William Mackergo Taylor (1829–1895) American theologian
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 465.
“A crown! what is it?
It is to bear the miseries of a people!
To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents,
And sink beneath a load of splendid care!”
Daniel, Pt. VI
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De Europa toda, o Reino Lusitano,
Onde a terra se acaba e o mar começa.
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