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Edward FitzGerald

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The King in a carriage may ride,
And the Beggar may crawl at his side;
But in the general race,
They are traveling all the same pace.
--
Chronomoros. In Letters and Literary Remains of Edward FitzGerald (1889), pg. 461.

 
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