A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age. (George Edward Woodberry)

A writer is justly called 'universal' when he is understood within the limits of his civilization, though that be bounded by a country or an age.

George Edward Woodberry

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