
Janaka Perera in the 'Asian Tribune.' http://www.asiantribune.com/node/9442
'Sabaragamuwa - in Legend and History published by the Sabaragamuwa Provincial Council. http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2004/09/26/fea19.html
Janaka Perera in the 'Asian Tribune.' http://www.asiantribune.com/node/9442
By Deva Corea in his article 'Dominicus Corea of Kotte.' http://vernoncorea.wordpress.com/category/king-dominicus-corea-of-kotte/
The Mahavama, the recorded chronicles of Sri Lankan history recalls the meeting between Commander Veediya Bandara of the Kandyan kingdom and King Dominicus Corea (Edirille Rala). http://sundaytimes.lk/110320/FunDay/fut_01.html
“Someone who knows no fear
I feel him near
The child was born to be a king…
And the time has come.”
Song lyrics, Islands (1987)
Source: James Nasmyth engineer, 1883, p. 1
Context: Our history begins before we are born. We represent the hereditary influences of our race, and our ancestors virtually live in us. The sentiment of ancestry seems to be inherent in human nature, especially in the more civilised races. At all events, we cannot help having a due regard for the history of our forefathers. Our curiosity is stimulated by their immediate or indirect influence upon ourselves. It may be a generous enthusiasm, or, as some might say, a harmless vanity, to take pride in the honour of their name. The gifts of nature, however, are more valuable than those of fortune; and no line of ancestry, however honourable, can absolve us from the duty of diligent application and perseverance, or from the practice of the virtues of self-control and self-help.
Book XXIV, lines 541–543; Priam to Achilles.
Translations, Iliad (1997)
“Born a wildlife warrior, die a wildlife warrior.”
Radio interview on Radio Alice (KLLC 97.3)
p, 125
Dr. Wallis's Account of some Passages of his own Life (1696)