“The axis of the earth sticks out visibly through the center of each and every town or city.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809–1894) Poet, essayist, physician
The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table (1858)
“Most towns in Hindustan are made up of earth, mud, and other wretched material; that there is no city or town (that) does not bear evident marks of approaching decay.”
Quoted from Lal, K. S. (1992). The legacy of Muslim rule in India. New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan.
Travels in the Mogul Empire (1656-1668)
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Les villes se relèvent aussi difficilement que les maisons de commerce de leur ruine.
Source: Pierrette (1840), Ch. III: Pathology of Retired Mercers.
