Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin. (Washington Irving)

Thus man passes away; his name perishes from record and recollection; his history is as a tale that is told, and his very monument becomes a ruin.

Washington Irving

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