We shall never know of the numbers of "mute and inglorious Miltons" who failed because the place and time were not ready for them...Was not Sullivan a jewel in the wrong setting? (Arthur Sullivan)

We shall never know of the numbers of "mute and inglorious Miltons" who failed because the place and time were not ready for them...Was not Sullivan a jewel in the wrong setting?

Arthur Sullivan

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