Is not the highest honour his who from the worst hath drawn the best; May not your Maker make the world from matter, an it suit His hest? (Richard Francis Burton)

Is not the highest honour his who from the worst hath drawn the best; May not your Maker make the world from matter, an it suit His hest?

Richard Francis Burton

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