“What! does a stream rush out of a mountain free and pure, to roll through fair pastures, to feed and throw out bright tributaries, and to end in a village gutter?” — William Makepiece Thackeray from The History of Henry Esmond
“What! does a stream rush out of a mountain free and pure, to roll through fair pastures, to feed and throw out bright tributaries, and to end in a village gutter?” — William Makepiece Thackeray from The History of Henry Esmond