If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner. (Isaac D'Israeli)

If the golden gate of preferment is not usually opened to men of real merit, persons of no worth have entered it in a most extraordinary manner.

Isaac D'Israeli

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