William Barclay (1907–1978) Church of Scotland minister and academic
William Barclay (1964) The Gospel of John. Vol. 2, p. 77
“'Tis a world
Where all is bought, and nothing's worth the price.”
Source: Fortunatus the Pessimist (1892), Fortunatus in Act I, sc. ii; p. 17.
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